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The Information Office of the Presidency of the Republic stated in a statement that “visual, print and sound media published statements and analyzes that included complaints about the responsibility of the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, in relation to the subject of the investigations ongoing on the painful bombing of the port of Beirut on August 4. ” And the martyrs and wounded he left in the capital, ‘indicating that’ the first time that the President of the Republic had knowledge of the presence of quantities of ammonium nitrate in deposit number 12 of the port of Beirut was through a report of the General Directorate of State Security, which he arrived on July 21. Upon reviewing it, President Aoun asked his military and security adviser to follow up on the content of this report with the Secretary General of the Supreme Defense Council, which includes all relevant security agencies and ministries. This is what has already been done in accordance with the law and regulations in force. On July 28, the Secretary General of the Supreme Defense Council was informed. 2020 The security and military adviser is addressing the issue, and sent a letter to the Ministry of Works, which I received on Monday, August 3, 2020.
And he stressed that “the President of the Republic did not interfere, neither closely nor far, in the investigations carried out by the Judge of Judicial Investigation into the crime of the attack, although he called on more than one occasion to speed up its completion to know all the circumstances related to this crime and determine the responsibilities, especially towards the relatives of the martyrs. ” And the injured who lost their loved ones and family members, and have the right to know who is responsible for the disaster that occurred, “explaining that” during the meeting that the President of the Republic held with the Supreme Council of the Judiciary last Tuesday, the conversation did not address the investigation of the port crime, and that is why everything is promoted. When pointing out that President Aoun requested to intervene in the investigation, it is false and unfounded, because the discussion at this meeting was limited to the work of the courts, the need to activate them and other issues that concern the Supreme Council of the Judiciary.
On the other hand, the Presidency stated that the station “Al-Jadid” transmitted, in one of its programs, last night, an interview with the journalist Radwan Mortada, in which he transmitted a statement in which he assured that the president of the Republic, Michel Aoun, told the Supreme Council of the Judiciary on the authority of the President of Parliament, Nabih Berri, and the President. The Walid Jumblatt Progressive Socialist Party. Murtado said that this statement was published by journalist Hussein Ayoub on website 180, on Friday, “confirming that these statements issued by journalists Mortada and Ayoub are false, pure fabrication and have no basis in truth. Clarification.
