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In the same military way that Hezbollah applies in its performance to the rest of its activities, it recently revealed its latest “surprises” that it prepared for its political opponents and opponents in Lebanon.
While unveiling and displaying a new weapon, his deputy in the Lebanese Parliament, Ibrahim Al-Mousawi, stood earlier this month in front of the Beirut Palace of Justice, explaining the advantages and objectives of the new step that the party decided to start using. in an unusual way, so that Hezbollah did not personally resort to any precedent. For the Lebanese judiciary, since the announcement of its creation in 1983.
The objective, it is prohibited to link the name of Hezbollah in any way to the explosion of the port of Beirut, neither in the media arena nor in the context of any political conflict. This is the summary of what the party announced through the words of its deputy Mousavi, describing the matter as “misleading, slander, falsifications and false accusations.” On this basis, the lawsuits affected both the “Lebanese Forces” website and ex-MP Faris Saeed.
But one of the advantages of this new weapon is also that its objectives are subject to modification. It also affects those who say that Hezbollah controls Lebanon, its facilities and institutions, and thus accounts for the lost and the entrants into the country, and this, by the way, is what the largest number of Lebanese, including its supporters, they say, but the new weapon chose to target Baha Hariri. Above all because of his press releases in which he said that the party controls the port and airport of Beirut, and therefore cannot be excluded from responsibility for what happened at the port.
The last target was the former Minister of Justice, Ashraf Rifi, since Hezbollah lawyers filed a lawsuit against him on the 17th of this month, for the crime of incitement, slander and defamation and incitement to sectarian struggles, in the context of his accusation that Hezbollah caused the explosion of the port of Beirut.
The secret of recourse to the courts
Lebanese Forces chief of media and communication, Charles Jabbour, believes there are 3 reasons behind Hezbollah’s approach to the judiciary: “The first is that the port problem produced a broad wave of interceptions against all governing officials. the country because of what appeared in the government administration and led to the destruction of almost half of Beirut, and therefore Hizbullah cannot bear the consequences of a problem of this magnitude.
The second reason, Jabour explains to Al-Hurra, is Hezbollah’s feeling that it is “in trouble with the political choices it made, as evidenced by the fact that it is seizing power in Lebanon today. while the country has reached a terrifying collapse unprecedented in its history. ” As for the third reason, it is “the great and exceptional blockade of the United States of America against Hezbollah for its weapons and its regional role.”
For these reasons, the party encountered great pressure from the Lebanese public opinion in general and from the Shiite environment in particular to hold it responsible for the consequences of its administration and to address the existing situation that led Lebanon to a crisis that followed a crisis “, and thus he saw that resorting to the judiciary makes everyone accuse or resort to him with the same responsibility and accountability to restore their accounts. Previous stages affected by the greatest accusations of murders and attacks, today it is affected, and this is the result of the crisis and siege that it lives by not being able to respond to the attack that affected its popularity within its environment, which led it to Resort to Power Judicial to stop it. ”According to Jabbour.
A lesson for those who are considerate
Lebanese journalist and writer Ahmed Ayyash believes that “there is a tsunami in the country to hold Hezbollah responsible for what happened in the port of Beirut, and Hezbollah felt the danger of this trend in terms of its responsibility, and we cannot forget that Nasrallah appeared 4 days after the explosion to repudiate any responsibility and stating that the party has no knowledge of what is happening and is in port, and this indicates the magnitude of the embarrassment that the explosion represents.
Without hesitation, Ayyash replied that the objective of going to court is to silence their mouths, “especially if we look at those who are the subject of the judicial processes and are on the front line of the party, since Hezbollah feels that it is ashamed in front of to the public opinion, and wants to give an example to those who considered saying in advance “Beware of approaching Hezbollah and holding it responsible.”
This explains, according to Ayyash, Hezbollah’s tough stance towards Judge Fadi Sawan when the investigation and subpoena began to approach the periphery of the political party, especially with Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Youssef Fenianous, a even though they are neither affiliated nor affiliated with Hezbollah. “This is a sign of their feeling of the seriousness of this great judicial file, especially since it is a case that transcends the local dimension and can reach international justice.”
For his part, Jabour believes that “the whole objective of these trials is to stop the confrontations with him and the accusations against him. The judiciary uses a minimal means to stop these accusations because it cannot do more than in Lebanon, which is experiencing rapid changes and is no longer the same as before 2005 or before October 17 “And the explosion in Beirut, people are rebelling in the street, Lebanon is a country in crisis, and the political project sponsored by Hezbollah has led the country to collapse, so the situation is different from before.
Previous experience
The first time Hezbollah resorted to filing a lawsuit, in the person of its undersecretary general, Naim Qassem, and not in person as a party, it was against the media, Dima Sadiq, in 2005.
Sadiq says the case at the time was “based on a fabrication from their base, as they fabricated an article that I did not write, attributed to me, and posted on an unknown Iraqi website. The matter took one session, but the judge preserved the case. due to its fragility “.
Sadiq believes that “Hezbollah’s approach to the judiciary was remarkable, as it is today. They are trying to say that they adhere to the state, its institutions and the law, despite all its atrocities and crimes.
The curious thing is that although the Judiciary has not arrested anyone in the case of the port explosion and has not taken a step forward in the investigations, Hezbollah is turning to the Judiciary itself to be acquitted. This is a terrible surrealism, and this behavior is interpreted by itself, resorting to a paralyzed device. “Dima sees in his experience a hope. That the Judicial Power opposes this type of lawsuits based on the precedent that was given with the same.
Introduction to segmentation?
“I have not yet been able to compose a picture of Hezbollah’s target in these cases,” said former MP Faris Saeed in his statement to the Al-Hurra website, “Is it really a recourse to justice by an organization that has never respected justice in its political, security and military path? My soul, why did the party present this complaint and take the characteristic of a personal claim, that is, on behalf of Hezbollah, when it affirms the ability to change regional equations?
I am afraid that in the atmosphere of security chaos in Lebanon, there is an attempt to dump ashes in El-Aaiún in case something bad happens to anyone who is affected by Hezbollah’s claims to say they are not concerned about this. hate.
Saeed added: “There is no doubt that Hezbollah’s dominance over the Lebanese state in all its joints is absolute hegemony, and therefore the public prosecutors implicitly. Is there a judge in Lebanon who dares to admit that Hezbollah is an illegal party that is not registered with the Lebanese Ministry of the Interior and therefore has no right to file a lawsuit? ” Is there a judge who dares to save a case brought by Hezbollah? Is there a judge who dares to acquit the accused by Hezbollah? These are the questions asked by the Lebanese judiciary.
Do you dare to delete?
“The Lebanese judiciary today faces a test,” in Jabbour’s opinion, “any judge the party goes to will feel that under pressure from the security, military and political power that Hezbollah represents, and therefore, the The judiciary will face a phase similar to the one that took place during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, in which all authorities were subjugated. To intimidate the Syrian regime, the judiciary is part of the political scene, and the reality of the judiciary cannot be said to differ from the political reality in Lebanon. All Lebanese feel that there is an authority over the Lebanese authority and that the judiciary is not an impartial body and above influences, so the judge feels before Hezbollah that he is not in front of a normal party. Rather, he feared such a backlash, and therefore the main challenge is to show that he will not be affected by the general climate that governs this issue. “
Ayyash also believes that there is a surrender to Hezbollah at the level of institutions and authorities in Lebanon, but at the same time there are distinctions aimed at preserving face, so that no one can go with Hezbollah at this time. Popular resentment that arose after October 17 is always in power. Lebanese and its pillars. What really upset Hezbollah was that the port file was moved in a way that implies that it was beyond their control, that is, when the investigations went to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, as if it were an indication that this judiciary was It dissolved to some extent the connection to Hezbollah influence, and we can only take the pressure into account. Popular in Lebanon and abroad. This is the current conflict. “
