Judge Aoun summoned for questioning after Mikati lawsuit

Attorney General Judge Imad Qabalan has summoned Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun to an interrogation session on Thursday, media reports said on Monday.

The summoning follows a libel lawsuit filed by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, LBCI television reported.

Aoun had on February 22 told the European Parliament that Mikati was “blatantly interfering in the judiciary,” after he called for legal measures against her.

“Urgent appeal to international authorities in the European Parliament .. Mr. Mikati is interfering in a flagrant way with justice in order to stop the investigations that I am conducting in the case of banks and money laundering. For the defense of the sovereignty of law help us,” Aoun tweeted in French.

She also accused Mikati of “attacking the public prosecutor's office of Mount Lebanon by asking the Minister of Interior not to execute her orders.”

Mikati had called on caretaker Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi to take legal measures against Aoun, accusing her of refusing to receive recusal notices and usurping power.

Mawlawi later asked the Internal Security Forces and General Security not to enforce Aoun's orders.