The committee will then seek to introduce a number of amendments to this agreement, they revealed.
These amendments will include Prime Minister
Najib Miqati's observations over the tribunal that he discussed with U.N. chief the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
during his U.S. trip, they continued.
The changes will be based on assertions that the tribunal is politicized and Hizbullah has reservations over its purposes because it believes it to be an American-Israeli product bent on destroying the party, added the sources.
They stressed that efforts are being made to ratify these amendments before the STL's tenure is renewed for another year.
A legal source told al-Liwaa however that the extension of the STL's term for another three years is not related to the tribunal's protocol.
Only Ban has the authority to renew the tribunal's functioning seeing as it was formed under chapter seven of the U.N. charter, it explained.
The March 8 forces
... the opposition to the Mar. 14th movement, consisting of Hizbullah and its allies, so-called in commemoration of their Mar. 8th, 2006 demonstration of strength in Beirut ...
's belief that the cooperation protocol violates the Lebanese constitution does not alter the fact that the STL has become a reality, it stressed.
Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase...
March 8 ministerial sources told al-Liwaa that the government will be held accountable for whatever decision it takes regarding the STL.
They revealed that Miqati and Minister Mohammed Safadi will present the discussions they had with American officials over the STL before cabinet.
The premier and minister had traveled to New York City recently where Miqati chaired the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
Security Council.
The sources added that Miqati and Safadi will demand that a decision that does not jeopardize Leb's economy be taken over the STL.
Parliamentary majority sources meanwhile told the newspaper that the case of the funding of the tribunal will be set aside for the moment.
OTV reported on Friday that a decision was made to prevent the funding of the tribunal through cabinet at all costs.