National Struggle Front Urges Cabinet to Fund STL, Commit to International Resolutions
National Struggle Front parliamentary bloc wondered if the cabinet will commit to its ministerial statement concerning the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, stressing that the government has to safeguard the country and avoid any negative repercussions amid the developments in the region.
Sources told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Wednesday that ministers loyal to National Struggle Front leader MP Walid Jumblat stress that the cabinet is obliged to fund the tribunal; especially that President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati continuously voiced their commitment to the STL.
Lebanon is responsible for meeting 49 percent of the costs of the STL, which has charged four Hizbullah members in the February 14, 2005 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others.
The sources refused to comment on the rumors that Miqati will resign if the cabinet didn’t approve the funding of the STL.
They said that Miqati’s insistence to pay Lebanon’s dues is to fulfill the country’s international obligations, noting that Lebanon will not be able to bear the international repercussion.
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