Hezbollah: Judicial Decision to Summon Sayyed "Political par Excellence"

17/09/2010 Hezbollah on Friday condemned Attorney General Judge Said Mirza’s request to summon former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed, saying that the request was “political par excellence,” and calling on authorities to back down this judiciary decision.

Hezbollah said in a statement issued by it media relations office: "We were surprised by the exploitation of the judiciary for political ends."

"We consider this decision political par excellence and oppressive to those who declare the truth, we refuse it and we call on the authorities to revoke it".” the statement added.

On the other hand, Hezbollah also said: "We expected from judicial authorities to summon those who had bragged about their collaboration and alliance with the Israeli enemy."

Kataeb (Phalanges) party MP Sami Gemayel last week said his party wasn't embarrassed of getting Israel's Support at a previous stage.

"We're not ashamed of getting Israel's support in a previous stage against the Syrians when they were in Lebanon. We believe that supporting Lebanon is the most important thing,"Gemayel said in a press conference on Sunday September 6.

Hezbollah's statement added: "We expected that these judicial authorities would have requested the documents and the data which Gen. Sayyed had revealed in his last press conference in order to seek truth and justice."

Sayyed on Sunday held a press conference saying that Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's team was behind false witnesses.

Sheikh Qassem: Hezbollah Rejects Postponing False Witnesses Issue

17/09/2010 Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem urged on Friday the judiciary to open the issue of the false witnesses, stressing that Hezbollah wouldn’t accept postponing the issue or linking it to any other file.

In a speech he delivered during a ceremony held at Beirut’s southern suburb, Sheikh Qassem said that tangible steps should be taken by the judiciary in this regard.

“We don’t want this file to remain a political one. We want the judiciary to effectively assume its duties and open the file of the false witnesses in order to reach all those who played a negative role and protected the false witnesses who misled the investigations.”

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