Saniora From Baabda: Judiciary Not Accused
Prime Minister Fouad Saniora stressed that the Lebanese judiciary does not stand accused adding that the state is keen on its reputation, reverence, independence and neutrality.
Following his meeting with President Michel Suleiman on Saturday in Baabda palace Saniora said: "This build a firewall [for the judiciary] so that there is no interference by anyone its functionality."
The prime minister was commenting on the issue of the judiciary following the Wednesday release of four Lebanese generals by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The generals were detained three years and eight months ago over suspicions in their involvements in the 2005 assassination of ex-premier Rafik Hariri. No official charges were ever made against them during that time.
"The general”s release should not be politicized or employed by any party for its own benefit," Saniora said.
On Friday Saniora met with Education Minister Bahia Hariri in Majdalioun in which he said that the recent release of the generals "refutes any claims by anyone that the Special Tribunal is politicized and not neutral."
He rejected all acts and explanations that take the country back to "ancient illusions that the Lebanese reject."
Saniora pointed that the work of the tribunal should a meeting point for all Lebanese and not a cause for divisions.