Special Tribunal “won”t indict suspects right away”
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon would "only start administrative work" on March 1 and would not indict suspects in former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri”s assassination case during that period, a UN source told An-Nahar daily in comments published Friday.
The international tribunal "would be administratively ready to welcome the General Prosecutor" who is Daniel Bellemare, head of the UN commission probing Hariri”s February 2005 killing. The mandate of the UN panel expires end of this February and it is not yet clear if the Security Council would vote to extend the commission”s term as called for by Bellemare,
An-Nahar said. It added that UN Undersecretary General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel Patricia O”Brien will inform reporters next Thursday about measures undertaken by the world body ahead of the start of the court”s operations.