Lebanon MPs denounce top Prosecutor’s moves against judge probing port blast

January 28th, 2023

Awake Goy

Lebanese parliament holds the 11th session to elect the 14th president in Beirut, Lebanon on January 19, 2023. 111 MPs out of 128 attended the session. [Hussam Shbaro - Anadolu Agency]

Some 40 Lebanese lawmakers, on Friday, became the latest group to back the judge investigating the catastrophic 2020 Beirut port blast and call for the country's top Prosecutor to be held accountable for steps taken against the judge and his probe, Reuters reports. Judge Tarek Bitar, on Monday, resumed his probe into the blast that killed more than 220 people, after a 13-month suspension caused by legal wrangling and high-level political pressure. He issued charges against senior security, political and judicial officials, including top Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat. Though previously recused from the case due to a conflict of interest, Oueidat filed charges against Bitar for allegedly mishandling the inquiry and released the remaining 17 detainees still held over the […] Source

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