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2021-08-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Lebanese parties to boycott parliament session aimed to derail Beirut blast probe
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Several Lebanese parties said on Wednesday they would boycott a parliamentary session called to discuss a proposal that critics say would effectively derail judicial efforts to question bigwigs over the Beirut port blast.
More than a year since the Aug. 4 blast, many Lebanese are furious that no bigwig has been brought to account for more than 200 lives lost and thousands of injuries.
With leading Christian and Druze groups planning to boycott, it was not clear if there would be enough MPs for quorum at the session called on Thursday by Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
 ...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
The only item on the agenda is the petition from a group of MPs asking that the bigwigs including the caretaker prime minister be referred to a special council that hears cases against former presidents and ministers.
The Christian Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
said the petition was an attempt to obstruct the judicial probe. MPs aligned with Druze leader Walid Wally Jumblat
...Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
said it would "obstruct reaching the truth".
If approved, the petition would first lead to a parliamentary inquiry, said Nizar Saghieh, head of The Legal Agenda, a research and advocacy organization.
The process could lead to a trial by the special council if two-thirds of MPs voted for one, he said, adding that the inquiry could go on indefinitely.
"The aim of the petition is to create a parallel parliamentary inquiry and consequently to confuse the judicial inquiry," he said.
The petition was lodged after investigating judge Tarek Bitar requested immunity be lifted from former Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, former Public Works Minister Ghazi Zeaiter and former Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk, all of whom are MPs.
It seeks permission for those three, in addition to caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Youssef Finianos, another former public works minister, to be referred to the special council.
All deny wrongdoing.
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Khalil and Zeitar are both senior members of Berri’s Amal Movement and allies of the Iran-backed, Shiite group Hezbollah. Finianos belongs to a Christian faction that is allied to Hezbollah.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
on Saturday accused Bitar on Saturday of playing politics, calling the investigation politicized.
Bitar has not commented on the accusation. 
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