Former Lebanese PM Files Lawsuit Against the Lebanese State
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister files a lawsuit against the Lebanese state due to judge Tariq Bitar's "grave mistakes" against him, and the Lebanese parliament approves the electoral law.
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The Lebanese parliament approved the country's electoral law and kept the election date on March 27, 2022.
The judge investigating last year's deadly Beirut Port blast, Tariq Bitar, suspended a summons targeting former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday after the latter filed a lawsuit against him.
"Bitar was informed of the lawsuit against him, and suspended the questioning that was scheduled for today," a judicial source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Diab's defense team launched a lawsuit arguing Bitar does not have the authority to interrogate him. The lawsuit, filed against the Lebanese state, considered that the judge committed "grave mistakes" against the former Lebanese Prime Minister.
On Thursday, the Lebanese Parliament held a session to discuss the amendments to the electoral law and the political crisis in the country, especially after Bitar suspended a summons against Diab.
Last week, the parliament approved the electoral law, as approved by the General Assembly, which kept the elections' date on March 27, 2022.
Earlier, Lebanese President Michel Aoun had issued a decree to return the law to the parliament to re-evaluate it.
Aoun said that holding the elections next March shortens the period for the registration of non-resident voters, and prevents them from exercising their political right by voting for their direct representatives.
As a result, MPs of the "Strong Lebanon" bloc withdrew from the parliament session, while the blocs' head, MP Gebran Bassil, justified that the move was in protest of "a major constitutional violation" and pointed out that the electoral law is being manipulated.
Regarding the Lebanese Minister of Information George Kordahi's statements about the war on Yemen and the wave of criticism that targeted him afterward, Al Mayadeen's reporter said that high-ranking Lebanese sources denied circulated information about a tendency to dismiss Kordahi.
