Jumblatt: We Got Tribunal But I Wish We Didn't, Truth behind False Witnesses

26/09/2010 Democratic Gathering block MP Walid Jumblatt said that it would have been better if the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) had never existed, adding that the best way to achieve justice is to reveal the truth behind the false witnesses.

"We got the tribunal, but I wish we did not," Jumblatt said during a ceremony to honor Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Sergei Poukine.

“The aim of [UN Security Council] Resolution 1559 and the 2006 July War was to disarm the Resistance. When this failed, they resorted to [attempting to use] the STL’s indictment [to carry out this goal],” he said.

“The best way to achieve justice in the [2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri] is to reveal the truth behind the witnesses who gave false testimony to the international commission investigating into the murder,” Jumblatt added.

He also said that the tribunal’s pending indictment will destabilize Lebanon when it is issued and will lead to chaos.

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