(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyes Hasan Nasrallah delivers a televised discourse on Al-Manar TV to tackle the latest developments pertaining to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and address the latest political situation on the eve of binding parliamentary consultations with President Michel Sleiman to choose a new prime minister to for the government.Consultations will be held Monday and Tuesday at the Baabda Presidential Palace as March 14 MPs are set to nominate caretaker PM Saad Hariri for the post, while the opposition will nominate another Muslim Sunni figure. Opposition MPs will agree on one of the three strong candidates: Former PM Omar Karameh, Former PM Najib Mikati, and former Minister Mohamad Safadi.
On the STL (Special Tribunal for Lebanon), Sayyed Nasrallah lashed out at prosecutor Daniel Bellemare for deciding to threaten to prosecute any side that will leak any information about the indictment, which he submitted to pre-trial judge Daniel Fransen last week. “What is really strange is that years have passed since the details of the international investigation were leaked to the press and Bellemare remained silent; because all the leaks were serving the purpose of targeting Hezbollah and Syria. Bellemare submitted his indictment last Monday at a time when binding consultations were scheduled; this was part of the politicization of the STL, however, consultations were postponed. We used to hear that Fransen would need between six to ten weeks to look into the details of the indictment, but we have come to notice that the steps have been hastened and a February 7 date was set for a public hearing; it is clear that the indictment is being employed for political reasons.”
