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The novelty of the order is that Sawan, the former Minister of Works, Youssef Fenianos, is summoned to the investigation, as a defendant. The latter announced that he would not appear before a judge today, because the method of summoning him is illegal. He was informed of the date of the session less than 24 hours before its expiration date, by telephone, without mentioning the materials with which it is alleged, and without informing the Bar Association with which Fenianos is affiliated. The former Minister of Public Works stated that his announcement not to appear before Sawan today does not mean that he will not respond to the judge’s requests in the future. Rather, “my problem, at the moment, is that the subpoenas were made illegally.” “The matter was exacerbated yesterday by the leak of the station” MTV “, the news that Sawan issued an arrest warrant against Fenianos, after he was accused of the crime of breach of his labor duties, before sources judicial deny this news.
The issue of prosecution against Fenians, along with MPs Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zuaiter, and Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab, remains a legally incomplete step, provided it is limited to them. It did not include other ministers in the Diab government, or heads of government who preceded the current prime minister, who ruled the Serail when the cargo of ammonium nitrate that exploded in the port was unloaded on August 4, 2020, or they they were in power while the port bomb was in it awaiting the day of its detonation. Naturally, neither Sawan nor his sponsoring judicial authority (specifically, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Suhail Abboud), does not explain their actions and decisions. He has not yet explained to the public opinion the reason that drives him to detain the General Security agents for more than five months, despite the fact that their legal powers do not allow them to take any action in the port of Beirut, except to follow the movement . of people leaving Lebanon by sea or entering Lebanese territory through the port of the capital. Surprisingly, these detainees had previously written reports and had them sent to his command about the shipment of ammonium nitrate, which means that they fully did their duty and did not breach their duties.
In addition to the above, Sawan continued to practice legal heresy, through his request from the Public Ministry to prosecute the former director of the Beirut region, acting at customs, Musa Hazima, and summon him to appear before him today. The heresy is that Sawan decided to prosecute a defeat without listening to him, and neither the Public Ministry nor the security services that undertook the investigation of the crime of the port explosion listened to him. These law enforcement and security agencies have deliberately neglected the defeat investigation, for one simple reason, which is that he was acting director of the Beirut region until June 23, 2014. Since then, he has ceased to have a functional role in port. . The story of the defeat of the job as acting director of the Beirut region (and the appointment of Hani Hajj Shehadeh as original director) and then going to work in airport customs until his retirement is very important. There are days before the court decision that allowed the Roussos ship, which was carrying a cargo of ammonium nitrate, to float and store the cargo in hangar No. 12. The defeat had no role in the decision to unload the cargo (issued by court order), nor did it manage its subsequent storage. The only paper that bears his signature is the one received in the administrative order of the late Colonel Joseph Skaff, in February 2014, warning of the danger of ammonium nitrate remaining in the ship, for which he referred it to the competent authorities ” for knowledge and action “, before the shipment became the subject of a” legal dispute “. It ended up deflating and staying that way as it exploded after 6 years. It should also be noted that the customs authority includes goods that are unloaded at the port, not those found on ships. Despite this, Sawan decided to prosecute a person who had no control over nitrates before unloading them in the port, and had not had any work in the port since before they were transferred from the ship to hangar 12.
Fenianos announced that he will not appear before Sawan today, because the method of summoning him is illegal.
On the other hand, Sawan decided not to prosecute retired general Jean Kahwagi, former army chief, although he refrained from taking any action to destroy the amount of nitrates, which were under judicial surveillance, and despite the fact that the security authority in El port was entrusted to the army, as is the case of the control of arms, ammunition and materials that go into its manufacture, throughout the Lebanese territory. Furthermore, Sawan decided not to harm any of the judges, some of whom are no less responsible than any official or administrator, or even a minister or prime minister, for unloading the nitrate shipment and keeping it “safe and secure” thus far. . detonates.
The heresy of the judicial investigator does not stop at the above. Three days ago, he summoned the director general of the Beirut port management and investment mission, Bassem Al-Qaisi, as a representative of the administration, against which Sawan set a precedent by claiming as a legal entity. This precedent constitutes a danger to the port of Beirut, outweighing the risk of the explosion itself at Beirut’s largest public facility. The claim is practically in the port. Regardless of the legality of the decision or its violation of the legislation, it opens the door to hold the port responsible for the explosion, with what this means in terms of the risk of later seizing it by all those affected, seeking compensation, in instead of charging. those involved in the crime the cost of damages.
What is happening in the investigation of the attack on the port does not augur that a truth will be discovered and that the perpetrators will be held accountable. To date, the investigator has not demonstrated an action equivalent to the seriousness of the crime committed.
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