On a pivotal anniversary related to the file of the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, MP Jamil Al-Sayyed recalled, via the
Al-Sayyed said that the court considered at the time that what was known as “false witnesses” misled the investigation, noting that later in 2014 he received files related to 13 Syrian and Lebanese witnesses, which he said revealed the circumstances of what he described as a “conspiracy.”
He added that, according to his account, these files include data about the role of the international investigation committee headed by Judge Daniel Mehlis, in addition to Lebanese judicial, security, and political names, considering that they participated in directing witness statements.
He also pointed out the existence of a written record and audio recording of a meeting held in Paris in 2005, in which he said he brought together a Syrian witness with political and security figures, during which, according to his claim, a request was made to amend statements to charge Lebanese officers in the crime of assassination.
Al-Sayyid concluded by stressing that “the right does not die,” indicating that he will publish the investigation records in a book that will be published later.
This position comes in the context of the ongoing controversy over the course of the investigation into the assassination of Prime Minister Hariri, which constituted a turning point in Lebanon’s political history, and whose repercussions are still present in public discourse.
Re-presenting this file also reflects the continued internal division over the interpretation of the course of the investigation and its results, in light of the differing narratives between the political parties involved.
