Rashad Salameh Agrees to Prosecute Hariri, MP Saqr, Meqdad in Syria's Case against them
Lebanese lawyer Rashad Salameh agreed on Thursday to being appointed on Syria's behalf to prosecute former Premier Saad Hariri, Mustaqbal MP Oqab Saqr, and Syrian opposition member Louay al-Meqdad, reported the Central News Agency.
Widely-informed sources told the news agency that Salameh accepted the appointment on behalf of the Syrian state in its case against all those who armed the Syrian revolution.
Salameh has started preparing the case and will soon present it the concerned judicial authorities.
The sources said that the lawyer will not make any statement on the matter at the moment, despite the flow of requests for media appearances, adding that he will await permission from the lawyers syndicate to do so.
Legal sources explained that Salameh's case or that of the General Prosecution in Lebanon will, should they succeed, ultimately lead to lifting the immunity off the lawmakers found to involved in arming the Syrian revolt.
The decision of lifting immunity will be decided by parliament, reported the Central News Agency.
OTV and al-Akhbar newspaper recently revealed that Saqr had been carrying out arms deals with Syrian opposition members, with the television station airing leaked recordings of conversations between the lawmaker and Meqdad.
He previously accused OTV and al-Akhbar of tampering with the audiotapes, adding that he will file a lawsuit against them.
Damascus' First Attorney-General Mohammed Marwan al-Loji stated on Wednesday: “Failure to bring Hariri, Saqr, and Meqdad to justice is a violation of international law.”
“They are involved in crimes of terrorism and therefore considered to be terrorists who can be captured by international criminal law,” he told SANA.
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