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The Committee on National Defense, Interior and Municipalities held a session this afternoon under the chairmanship of MP Samir al-Jisr and in the presence of the Minister of National Defense Elias Abu Saab and the following deputies: Wahbi Qatisha, Walid Sukkaria, Jean Talouzian, Mohamed Khawaja, Ali Osairan, Anwar Khalil, Ammar, Fadi Saad, Qbadem Hashim, Aoun Aoun, Antoine Bannou, Sami Gemayel, Adnan Trabelsi.
"I have been honored today to attend the meeting of the Defense Committee, which has asked me to do so in order to ask questions about a file that I am having. surrendered to the relevant authorities to make the appropriate decision, "Bou Saab said. This session is intended to inform the Defense Committee, as Chair and Members, of the actual facts on which the record was transferred and distributed to the Department of Justice, and not a hearing or hearing. an interrogation of the Minister of Defense. We explained the photo and the chair of the committee, a law professor who knows where the interrogation takes place in the public body and not in the session. This session is a matter of cooperation between the authorities. Most importantly, I sent a letter from the Minister of Defense to the Minister of Justice on a file concerning the military school and the introduction of certain officers into that school, as well as accusations that some days, bribes would be paid to the military school and then developed within the military court until report. The private investigation of the Bank of Lebanon, which sent a confidential report, indicates that some people with a link to this file have reached the sum of 19 million dollars that they have paid for 15 years under the money laundering law. And who is innocent, a file that includes charges of 19 million countries Entering and going out the calculation is unjustified, we could not know how he got in and out of this account. "
"As Minister of Defense, I say that this file belongs to the military court, we explained that the power of the Minister of Defense over the military court was the same as that of the Minister of Justice in the civil courts and that the defense minister even had other powers, and some people are wondering why the minister is intervening in the military court, because that is the authority that is mine according to the law and that I hold to the proper functioning of the military court.When some of these cases pending before the military court have consulted me, I have requested the record and they have sent me a 255-page record, which I have I have referred to the legal services of the Ministry of Defense and to experienced judges, because the situation is delicate.A meeting of all members of the Defense Committee has been translated today.I have made a mistake e n sending a letter to the Minister of Justice asking him to return the file where it was required. After reviewing the file, the Minister of Justice had responded to the judicial review and had been referred to the Judicial Inspectorate. Why was there confusion? Unfortunately, we find that the media started to name names and summon judges, and the judges began to say that we were accused and innocent. "
He added: "In the letter I sent to the Minister of Justice, I did not appoint anyone, I even told him that there were reports. the part of those who signed them and the deputy commissioner of the military court is worried because he is following this file.We started the session and we got confused.They tell me, as if I had attacked the judge who is the deputy commissioner of the military court and another judge appointed, as if they were targeted, they do not accept it, not in the media or in the content of the letter that I sent to the minister of Justice and that I read at the meeting and reads: Referring to the subject and to the above, and in addition to the aforementioned book, read the complete file we received from the Government Commissioner to the Military Court On request, which consists of 2 55 pages and then the legal obligation ale.
The Minister of Justice replied: I hereby inform you that the file of the aforementioned complaint that you have sent has been forwarded to the Judicial Inspection Unit for the purpose of the case.
I therefore worked on this file as the minister responsible for the fight against corruption and when I found that something was going wrong, I was clear and I was pleased with the discussion that took place in the committee. The chair of the committee and the members unanimously agreed that this file was defective. I did not prosecute anyone, nor accused anyone, and I turned the file where it should be transmitted. If I did not do it, I should report it. What I did was the right thing to do with the consensus of all members of the committee, and I was hoping that no name would be given to the media because it was not done that way. "
"The case is now before the military court and I salute Brigadier Abdullah," he concluded. "When he got to the file, he started the corrective action with a letter asking for the complete file and he can judge it. We agreed not to go into the details and I hope that we will not go into detail.The subject in court and let it be adopted, but the issue requires that referral to the judicial inspection, because the errors are clear and blatant.
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"The committee had the honor of welcoming the minister to inquire the referral file to the Department of Justice.At the beginning of the session, we had made it clear that it was safe. It was an attempt to question him and question him on a particular file, not an accountability process, and we know that the responsibility lies with him. public body, whether it is a question or an interrogation, but this led us to examine this question and to examine the fact that it is not the question of the persons concerned, it is is a matter of principle, even if I put ambiguities in a file, which is supposed to be done with the minimum of existence, has undoubtedly submitted a file, and this file may contain five elements of gaps, and we understand that the media has accused people who are reputed for their ethics, I do not want to preempt Judicial spection or justice, but there are some people that must be mentioned. I do not want to prejudge the judiciary, and we trust it, and God willing, the inspection comes to a conclusion, but we are afraid of losing this subject. "
He pointed out that "the atmosphere was good and that there was frankly, the minister showed what he had done and I personally could make a mistake because it was It turned out that his Excellency did not convert some names, but transmitted a file, it is important, it is unfortunate that the media have quoted names.We do not defend anyone and 39, between us will defend it. "
"I have been appointed Judge Al-Hajjar and Judge Al-Khatib, I have not been named a person, you do not have to know what happened at the meeting. between me and Judge Al-Hajjar.It was an in camera meeting.I was surprised to find that you had all the information. "The future" and its reputation, what Judge al-Hajjar told me, he made a mistake because he was called before being called by someone. He made mistakes when you I did not name anyone, and the committee unanimously agreed today that there are some mistakes and it must be done. be referred to Judge Al-Hajjar, as you named him, one of the people in which he read the judge and Khatib and told me that he was also a human being. "We would have had to rent some who did not want or asked for a veto to the decision. I hope that I will not participate in this debate, "he said.
Al-Jisr said, "You take the dialogue elsewhere." Abu Saab told the reporter, "You were supposed to call the judges and you are not supposed to tell me what happened between me and Judge Al-Hajjar at a meeting in camera. closed between him and him .. I will let the investigation go on its course, I trust the investigative body that is the Judicial Inspection Committee and this committee is a professional, I do not want to preempt, I have sent back the file for the follow-up to give, nobody prefers things. "
In response to another question, he said: "The army did the job it has to do, I do not want to talk about the actions of the army, there were some people present and military school officers, but I want to be content with that, the army does not like to talk about it in the media, it has taken the steps it needs to take, and it is absolutely certain that this issue is being addressed. to be settled, no one can enter the military school because it pays people.Why today, while I am Defense Minister? The case is blocked in military court when Tat In this case, the Legal services have carried out more than once revisions and revisions in order to make no unfair or erroneous decision against anyone. According to my legal relationships, I did what I had to do and, today, the file exists where it should be, I was not doing what I was doing, I had to be held responsible, or they were asking me to "bend". I came and my conscience was comfortable and everywhere there was a mistake in any department or anywhere I would turn it on.
"Today, things are no longer affected by political pressure, political pressure has begun to turn to the media, they have begun to say things that I have not said, and that's what I'm saying. Is the truth and the truth I am a man who seeks the truth and avoids the mistake of retrieving these files Whatever the case may be, it is only the judges who appointed them. also made mistakes in this case, so anyone who makes a mistake should not go looking for it. "
He continued: "Nothing in the inclusion of information, this case began with charges of one hundred thousand dollars ending at the Bank of Lebanon, sent a report of $ 19 million, if Judge Peter Germanos had not not done what he had done and had come back to the intelligence to say "I hope we will wait for the judicial inspection, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defense as they are interested in this court, "he said.
"The question of a judge who defends himself is natural, especially if his reputation is good.Today, in our case, we have drawn his attention to the fact that the tracking method may be lost, by example a money-laundering case and that this issue is not within the jurisdiction of the military court, "he said.
Source: National Agency of Information
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