Impossible to Oppose Tribunal Whether We Are Content With Results or Not
The leader of the al-Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri, told the Reuters news agency on Friday "we fought, sacrificed for this tribunal for 4 years. It would be impossible for us to oppose it whether we content with its results or not."
The special tribunal for Lebanon will be launched on Sunday March 1 at the Hague and will bring to justice all those that tribunal”s prosecutor general would say are involved in the 2005 assassination of Lebanon”s ex-premier and others.
Hariri whose father Rafik was killed in a massive bomb on February 14 2005 said: "I fully trust that the special tribunal would do its job and arrive at all the facts (relating to the assassination) and punish the guilty.
"Lebanon has been suffering from assassinations for 30 years from one president to another from one prime minister to another, to clergy to journalists. For the first time we see that justice will take its course," Hariri said.
He added that his family does not consider the tribunal a victory adding: "our loss is great, no tribunal will ever bring back Rafik Hariri, neither would return any of our friends and loved ones back. Victory is for justice, if we ever achieved anything for Lebanon it is justice."
Hariri ruled out any U.S.-Iranian-Syrian rapprochement, or improved Syrian-saudi relations would influence the tribunal”s judgment.
"The issue is far removed from politics now, it is an issue of international justice, there are 300 investigators in this tribunal what would they do with them? Look at what happened at the previous international tribunals were there any settlements? " Hariri asked.
He referred to the issue of Darfur , and the assassination of Pakistani political leader Benazir Bhutto as examples.