27 janvier 2009, le très indépendant Daniel #Bellemare du #TSL vient expliquer à l’ambassadeurs des États-Unis qu’il est très embêté avec les 4 généraux emprisonnés au Liban:
►http://al-akhbar.com/ar/node/216506
“Bellemare explained that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has 60 days starting March 1 to request the GOL to transfer the four generals, currently held in Lebanese custody in connection with the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri, to the STL in The Hague.”
Il «suspecte» que le procureur général du Liban, Saiid Mirza, veuille repasser la patage chaude au TSL. Mais il craint que les TSL lui-même lui inflige une «pression légale» (n’est-ce pas drôle, un tel mot, dans la boucle d’un procureur international?) pour les relâcher s’il n’a pas de dossier pour les retenir.
“Bellemare said he suspected that Lebanese Public Prosecutor Saiid Mirza wants the generals transferred to the STL. Bellemare explained that, while it has been pointed out to him that no one can dictate to the STL how long the STL can detain the generals, implying that Bellemare could detain them indefinitely in The Hague, he disagreed with this approach in part because he feared that he might face legal pressure (by the STL itself) to release them immediately if he did not have a case.”
Une «raison de s’inquiéter» est que l’un deux, le général Jamil Sayyad, se présente aux élections, soutenu par l’opposition. Curieux, cette préocupation politicienne, ici, non?
“Another worry is that one of the four, former Surete Generale DG General Jamil Sayyad, would run in the parliamentary elections, an idea evidently supported by opposition leader Suleiman Franjieh and Hizballah.”
Mais si le Liban décide de libérer les quatre généraux (ce qui, finalement, est advenu), Bellemare a encore un judicieux conseil de politique politicienne:
“If the GOL decides to release the four, it should put as much distance between the generals’ release and the parliamentary elections on June 7, Bellemare recommended. (Note: We agree. End note.)”