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| Hariri Tribunal accords are now official Lebanon laws |
| 2006-12-14 |
| Charles Rizk, Minister of Justice revealed today to LBC - TV that the cabinet had only to confirm the previous accords on Hariri Tribunal and these are now officially enforceable laws. President Lahoud returned both accords to the government claiming it is not a legitimate cabinet since the Shiite ministers have resigned. Communications Minister Marwan Hamadeh described the presidential veto as "signing off on the murder of Hariri". The President, according to the parliament majority is illegitimate and a puppet of Syria's president Bashar el Assad and in vetoing the accords he is trying to protect the Syrian regime. That pretty well sums it up. Except for the part about protecting his own rump. PM Siniora has rejected all the resignations of the ministers. According to Siniora the cabinet had full quorum when it convened and took the decisions on both accords and the meetings were constitutional. Rizk said according to paragraph 52 of the Lebanese constitution both accords should now be published in the official Lebanese gazette as official laws. Rizk confirmed that it is now up to Speaker Nabih Berri to convene the parliament for a vote on these 2 accords. Rizk stressed that Berri is aware of the importance of this matter, but Berri seems in no hurry to convene the parliament, insisting that the issue of the unity cabinet should be resolved first. In commenting on Brammertz report on the murder of Hariri He said" this was a political crime ". He praised Brammertz for his professionalism and hard work. When asked about Brammertz recommendation for establishing the International tribunal, he agreed and added " and speaker Berri knows this too" |
| Posted by:Fred |