After the prosecution against him in the “Port of Beirut” case. Diab: I have a clear conscience

The head of the Lebanese provisional government, Hassan Diab, confirmed Thursday that he trusts his “clean hand”, stating that he will not allow “the position of the prime minister to be attacked by either side”, on the basis of his accusation of ” negligence and negligence in the Beirut port bombing case. ” .

The Lebanese prime minister’s office said in a statement that “the prime minister has a clear conscience and trusts his clean hand and his responsible and transparent handling of the Beirut port explosion file.”

The statement added: “It is surprising that this targeting goes beyond the person to the site, and Hassan Diab will not allow the prime minister’s position to be led by either side.”

President Diab issued the following statement:
The Prime Minister has a clear conscience and trusts his clean hand and his responsible and transparent handling of the Beirut port explosion file. He is surprised by this orientation that exceeds the person on the site, and will not allow the prime minister’s position to be attacked by either side.#Minister council #Hassan_Diab #Lebanon #pcm

– Presidency of the Council of Ministers 🇱🇧 (@grandserail) December 10, 2020

The statement continued: “The judicial investigator, Judge Fadi Sawan, is informed of the response of the Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Hassan Diab, to the request to hear his testimony, confirming that he is a man of institutions and respects the law, and it complies with the constitution that Sawan has violated and bypassed the House of Representatives, and that President Diab said what he had on this record. ” .

President Diab’s Press Office: Judge Fadi Sawan informed the judicial investigator of President Diab’s response to the request to hear his statement, confirming that he is a man of institutions and respects the law and complies with the constitution that Sawan has violated and Bypassed the House of Representatives, and they said what they have on this record and a point on the line.#Minister council #Hassan_Diab #Lebanon #pcm

– Presidency of the Council of Ministers 🇱🇧 (@grandserail) December 10, 2020

Today, Thursday, the judicial investigator in the case of the bomb attack in the port of Beirut, Fadi Sawan, indicted the acting prime minister, Hassan Diab, and three former ministers, on charges of “negligence, negligence and causing hundreds of deaths and injuries. “.

The Beirut port explosion on August 4 killed more than 200 people and injured more than 6,500. And it caused serious damage to the port and several neighborhoods of the capital, displacing tens of thousands of families from their homes that were damaged or destroyed.

Lebanese authorities are investigating the explosion, which was attributed to storing huge amounts of ammonium nitrate for years in a terminal block without preventive measures.

A judicial source told “Agence France Presse” that the judicial investigator charged Diab, former Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, and former Ministers of Public Works and Transport, Ghazi Zuaiter and Youssef Fenianous.

The source indicated that the judicial investigator “informed the office of Prime Minister Hassan Diab about the content of the complaint, and informed him that next Monday he will go to the government headquarters to be questioned as a defendant, in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law ”.

Investigative sessions are also scheduled for next week to “cross-examine” the three ministers as “accused.”

The four officials are the first politicians accused by the judicial investigator in the Al Marfa case, according to which at least 25 senior officials responsible for the management and security of the port were arrested. This is the first official accusation against a prime minister in the exercise of his functions.

The Diab government resigned due to the explosion in the capital, Beirut, but it is still working because no new government has been formed so far.