Miqati Has No Comment on Nasrallah’s Remarks as False Witnesses Come to the Forefront

Sources close to the prime minister refused to comment on Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s remarks but reminded the Lebanese that PM Najib Miqati had previously announced readiness to resolve the issue of false witnesses.

While the sources did not comment to al-Liwaa daily on Nasrallah’s urge to Miqati to put the issue on the cabinet agenda and then refer it to the Higher Judicial Council, the sources said the premier announced several months ago that the false witnesses file was waiting for the appointment of the HJC president.

Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas, who is loyal to Miqati, also confirmed to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that the prime minister had brought up the issue and had asked the justice minister to issue a report to refer it to the cabinet.

“Everything could be solved through dialogue,” he said.

The false witnesses have reportedly misled U.N. investigators probing ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 assassination.

Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Thursday that Miqati had “embarrassed himself” by transferring the funds to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon although he knew that the majority of cabinet members rejected the funding.

The STL has indicted four Hizbullah members in Hariri’s assassination.