Sayyed: They Followed Wrong Trail, Reached Wrong Conclusions
Mohamad Shmaysani Readers Number : 142
30/04/2009 Former General Security chief General Jamil Sayyed said that “those responsible for our detention are those who sought to force the establishment of political accusations based on fixed notions. If they had done the right thing from the very beginning, they would have found the truth. "They followed the wrong trail and came up with the wrong conclusions,” he said.
Speaking to the Lebanese ‘elnashra’ news website, General Sayyed stressed those who did wrong should be held accountable, “and they should also resign, Only then I gain my right back.”
Shortly after his release from jail Wednesday, Sayyed lashed out at judges Elias Eid and his successor Sakr Sakr.
He said he felt especially bitter toward Lebanon's judicial system which, he added, had allowed itself to be politically manipulated in the case. "Our detention was politically motivated and was exploited for four years by the majority," he told AFP, referring to the March 14 alliance. "So it is perfectly normal that the tables are turned now."
Sayyed also accused Future Movement chief MP Saad Hariri of having pressured Lebanese judges to keep him and the three other generals behind bars. "The judges would tell us 'we have nothing against you, but if we free you Mr. Hariri will cut off our heads'," he said.
He added he would wait for their (judges) resignation or dismissal, but if that does not happen, he and the others may eventually bring a lawsuit against those responsible for his detention.
"I do not seek revenge. ... But at the same time, I like accountability," he said.
Sources told the ‘elnashra’ website that the Higher Judicial Council will convene next Tuesday to discuss judicial issues amid information about the possibility that some judges tender their resignations to save and lift the judicial system from the quagmire created by the release of the four officers through an international judicial authority but not the Lebanese judiciary.
Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed the Higher Judicial Council might convene next week “to take a stand from accusations against the judicial body”, however he added that information about resignations were baseless.
Mohamad Shmaysani Readers Number : 142
30/04/2009 Former General Security chief General Jamil Sayyed said that “those responsible for our detention are those who sought to force the establishment of political accusations based on fixed notions. If they had done the right thing from the very beginning, they would have found the truth. "They followed the wrong trail and came up with the wrong conclusions,” he said.
Speaking to the Lebanese ‘elnashra’ news website, General Sayyed stressed those who did wrong should be held accountable, “and they should also resign, Only then I gain my right back.”
Shortly after his release from jail Wednesday, Sayyed lashed out at judges Elias Eid and his successor Sakr Sakr.
He said he felt especially bitter toward Lebanon's judicial system which, he added, had allowed itself to be politically manipulated in the case. "Our detention was politically motivated and was exploited for four years by the majority," he told AFP, referring to the March 14 alliance. "So it is perfectly normal that the tables are turned now."
Sayyed also accused Future Movement chief MP Saad Hariri of having pressured Lebanese judges to keep him and the three other generals behind bars. "The judges would tell us 'we have nothing against you, but if we free you Mr. Hariri will cut off our heads'," he said.
He added he would wait for their (judges) resignation or dismissal, but if that does not happen, he and the others may eventually bring a lawsuit against those responsible for his detention.
"I do not seek revenge. ... But at the same time, I like accountability," he said.
Sources told the ‘elnashra’ website that the Higher Judicial Council will convene next Tuesday to discuss judicial issues amid information about the possibility that some judges tender their resignations to save and lift the judicial system from the quagmire created by the release of the four officers through an international judicial authority but not the Lebanese judiciary.
Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed the Higher Judicial Council might convene next week “to take a stand from accusations against the judicial body”, however he added that information about resignations were baseless.
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