Bellemare is Dying…Achouri Affirms His Good Health
Spokesperson Radhia Achouri, refuted claims that Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is dying. “Tawheed Movement” leader Wiam Wahhab earlier charged that Bellemare is dying of cancer.
Achouri told the daily pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat on Sunday saying Wahhab”s claim concerning Bellemar”e sickness "is baseless" adding the STL prosecutor is in "good health."
"He is in a state of recovery in his country and this is a very normal thing…there is no cancer or anything else," Achouri said.
She added that the Canadian prosecutor would resume his duties soon over the coming weeks, saying there is no specific date for him to resume his duties.
Achouri expressed her hope that others would stay away from issues of this kind, first because health issues are of a personal nature and second because the prosecutor”s office was very transparent from the very beginning when it announced that Bellemare will be off for a while.
In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat on Sunday Wahhab said that he recently heard that Bellemare is on the brink of death, that he was urgently transferred back to Canada for cancer treatment.
"This means that in case he dies, matters would take longer for his successor to read up on all the files in the case," Wahhab said.
Last July 8 Bellemare”s bureau issued a statement saying he left to Canada on a sick leave.