Families of Beirut Port Blast Martyrs Demand Again Recusal of Judicial Investigator Tarek Al-Bitar

15 January, 2022 06:13

Families of Beirut Port Blast Martyrs Demand Again Recusal of Judicial Investigator Tarek Al-Bitar

Deputy Chief of Hezbollah Executive Council Sheikh Ali Daamoush highlighted the US-Saudi economic and financial war on Lebanon, adding that all the weapons of starvation to pressure all the Lebanese. Delivering his Friday Sermon, Sheikh Daamoush indicated that among the used weapons are tampering with the currency exchange rate against the US dollar, politicizing the judicial work, protecting the Central Bank governor and the embezzlers. Using the dollar-price game in the electoral competition is a disgraceful act that blackmails the Lebanese, according to his eminence. Sheikh Daamoush stressed that the economic war will not change the patriotic stances of the Lebanese who support the resistance and won’t be able to undermine the power of the resistance itself. Sheikh Daamoush pointed out that Hezbollah will cooperate with all who are keen on Lebanon’s interests to enhance the national will in the new parliament.

The families of Beirut Port blast martyrs filed on Friday announced after a meeting with the head of the supreme judicial council, judge Suheil Abboud, that they intend to submit a new demand to the competent judiciary authorities requesting the recusal of the judicial investigator into the explosion, judge Tarek Al-Bitar.

The spokesman of the families, Ibrahim Hoteit, said that the request will be submitted in case the Al-Bitar continues politicizing the investigations into the blast.

Al-Bitar had issued arrest warrants against officials as well as military figures on an illogical basis, pushing the defendants and observers to cast doubts on his probe.

On August 4, 2020, a massive blast rocked Beirut Port blast, killing around 196 citizens and injuring over 6000 of others. The explosion also caused much destruction in the capital and its suburbs.