Geagea Slams Alleged Hizbullah Threat to Bitar
Head of the Lebanese Forces party, Samir Geagea, voiced in a statement Wednesday his support for Judge Tarek al-Bitar, the lead investigative judge into the Beirut port blast.
“It is very shameful to threaten one of the most honorable and impeccable judges, in a case of the size of the Beirut port blast and its tragic consequences,” Geagea said.
The statement came after reports said that senior Hizbullah official Wafiq Safa had sent a threatening verbal message to Bitar.
Geagea went on to say that, “It is also a pity that many of the personalities that have been summoned for interrogation have not responded to the investigator under the pretext of immunities or under the pretext of sectarian balance.”
He asked the new Minister of Justice and the new government "to stand as bulwark" in the face of every threat or obstruction to the judicial investigator.
“In all cases, we will not let go of the port explosion issue without revealing the truth," Geagea added.
Source: Naharnet
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