Najjar to the Tribunal: Lebanon Awaits Justice from You
Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said Thursday that the Lebanese judiciary will comply with every measure taken by the international tribunal adding Lebanon is awaiting justice from the court.
"The Lebanese judicial authority agreed to hand over all documents in the Hariri murder case and detainees to the tribunal," Najjar unveiled in a press conference.
"We do not want any party to interfere with judicial decisions" of the court that will try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s suspected assassins, he said.
"Lebanon awaits justice from you," he said in a letter addressed to the tribunal which will start operating on Sunday.
"Our future depends on the battle you wage in the face of crime and the lack of consciousness that threatens regional and international peace," Najjar said.
He said the transfer of the suspects and files depend on a decision made by the pre-trial judge and based upon the request of the prosecutor general.
"All Lebanon with all its sects and parties receives with trust the news of the beginning of the court”s work as decided by the U.N. Secretary-General and Security Council," Najjar said during the press conference.
He said there was no political reason behind Wednesday”s release of three suspects who were held in connection with Hariri”s Feb. 2005 murder.
The continued arrest of four former security generals is a "judicial matter," according to Najjar.