Hariri: Whoever killed Rafik Hariri in 2005 Doesn’t Want Saad Hariri to be in Power

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri believed that whoever killed his father does not want him to be in power.

“Whoever killed Rafik Hariri in 2005 doesn’t want Saad Hariri to be in power,” Hariri said in an interview with the New York Times.

“What’s happening today is that they are trying to achieve what they wanted to achieve in 2005,” Hariri said from Center House, a short way from Parliament headquarters.

Hizbullah and its allies brought down Hariri’s government January 12 after a long-running standoff over the U.N.-backed probe into Hariri’s 2005 assassination.

Hizbullah has said it believes some of its members will be indicted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Hizbullah has denounced the STL as part of a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy.

President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday appointed business tycoon Najib Miqati as Lebanon's new prime minister.

The New York Times said Hariri called himself “betrayed” after Hizbullah-backed Miqati was named PM.