Hizbollah informed on Wednesday the UN Undersecretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicholas Michel that it would give its ideas on the international tribunal only within the framework of a special committee as part of an overall Lebanese agreement. A statement issued by Hizbollah said that the idea of the international tribunal should be vetted by "a constitutional government" and asked the UN to assist Lebanon in accepting such a tribunal rather than taking sides over this issue. Hizbollah cautioned the UN against getting involved in the nitty-gritty of domestic Lebanese politics, if it really sought a stable Lebanon.| "Yeah. We don' like it when transnational organizations meddle in the internal politix of sov'reign nations. So piss off!" |
Recently Hizbollah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah had launched a scathing attack against the notion of the international tribunal, which is a bone of contention between the majority MPs and their opposition in the parliament.
Michel's thankless and quite probably, futile mission is to meet government and opposition leaders and encourage the two sides to renew dialogue and accept parliamentary ratification of a Lebanon-UN agreement to set up the international court or tribunal. The United Nations and Lebanon's government have signed a deal to set up the tribunal, but it must be ratified by the country's divided parliament. |