July 24, 2010 - Now Lebanon - Sakr: There are plots for a coup in Lebanon

During an interview with Al-Arabiya television on Saturday, Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr said that there are plots for a coup in Lebanon and that only the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) can decide if Hezbollah is innocent of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

This comes after Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that the tribunal would indict Hezbollah members for Rafik Hariri’s murder, adding that his party would reject such an indictment. The Resistance leader’s words have increased tension in Lebanon and sparked a war of words between March 8 and 14 alliance figures.

There are plots by Israel as well as other countries for a coup in Lebanon, he said, adding that sedition in Lebanon is not possible because the March 14 alliance will not be dragged into any political struggles.

Sakr also said that Hezbollah must not be dragged into a coup and added that the Resistance must declare that it does not want any conflict or war.

The March 14 alliance does not know whether reports that Hezbollah members will be indicted are true.

The MP said that any rejection of an STL indictment will prove that Hezbollah was involved in the Rafik Hariri assassination. We do not believe the Resistance is involved in the assassination, he added.

“Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz’s expected visit to the region is historic” Sakr added.

King Abdullah is expected to visit Lebanon on July 30, according to AFP.