Reports that Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) President Antonio Cassese has sought STL Prosecutor-General Daniel Bellemare's resignation are false, Cassese said Friday.
Cassese has "read with dismay the report that falsely suggests that he tried to convince permanent members of the UN Security Council of the necessity of […] Bellemare's resignation," said a statement issued by the tribunal.
"President Cassese categorically denies these allegations and regards this report as part of a campaign to create artificial divisions within the Tribunal."
"Whilst the Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon do not always share the Prosecutor's legal positions, as has been shown in some recent judicial rulings, this is normal in a court of law," the statement said.
"The President has every confidence that the Prosecutor and his Office are working professionally and expects that further indictments will be submitted to the Pre-Trial Judge in due course."
-NOW Lebanon
Cassese has "read with dismay the report that falsely suggests that he tried to convince permanent members of the UN Security Council of the necessity of […] Bellemare's resignation," said a statement issued by the tribunal.
"President Cassese categorically denies these allegations and regards this report as part of a campaign to create artificial divisions within the Tribunal."
"Whilst the Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon do not always share the Prosecutor's legal positions, as has been shown in some recent judicial rulings, this is normal in a court of law," the statement said.
"The President has every confidence that the Prosecutor and his Office are working professionally and expects that further indictments will be submitted to the Pre-Trial Judge in due course."
-NOW Lebanon
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