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Yesterday, the Lebanese judiciary detonated a political bomb by indicting Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers for the crime of negligence and negligence and causing the death and injury of hundreds of people in the Beirut port explosion on August 4.
Judge Fadi Sawan Ali Diab, former Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil and former Public Works Ministers Ghazi Zuaiter and Youssef Fenianos, the judicial investigator in the Beirut port bombing case, affirmed a precedent in the history of the criminal cases against Lebanese officials, as those responsible enjoy immunity. A judicial source said Sawan’s decision came “after verifying that they had received several written communications warning them not to postpone the maintenance of ammonium nitrate on the Beirut port campus, and take the necessary steps to prevent the devastating explosion. and its enormous damages. “
The decision provoked a storm of political responses, in addition to the division of legal opinions as to whether his judgment is within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council to try presidents and ministers, or within the jurisdiction of the judiciary.
Diab responded with a brief statement, in which he said that he “has a clear conscience and trusts his clean hand and his responsible and transparent handling of the Beirut port explosion file.” Diab was surprised: “This objective goes beyond the person to the site, and Hassan Diab will not allow the position of the prime minister to be led by any party.”
In turn, Khalil was surprised by the “contradiction in the position of the judicial investigator, in violation of the constitution and the law,” denying any role he had as finance minister in this case.
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