Mashnouq Hails Aoun, Says STL Rulings within 2 Years

W460

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Sunday lauded the performance of President Michel Aoun while noting that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will issue its rulings in the murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri within a period not exceeding two years.

“President Aoun’s stances greatly improved this year in the direction of more openness towards all parties, understanding of all constitutional mechanisms that are necessary for the country, and political tolerance of opposing ideas,” Mashnouq said during a Mustaqbal Movement seminar.

“The settlement that led General Aoun to Baabda has suffered minor shocks that we have managed to overcome,” Mashnouq added.

He also pointed out that Aoun is “very keen on political consensus and is abiding by the Constitution and the laws.”

“Had it not been for his support, Cabinet would not have been able to settle a lot of files,” Mashnouq added.

Separately, the minister said he expects the U.N.-backed STL to issue verdicts in the Hariri case “withing a period not exceeding two years.”

The court has indicted five Hizbullah members with carrying out the crime and is trying them in absentia.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has vowed that the accused will never be arrested, dismissing the tribunal as a U.S.-Israeli scheme.

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