Hawat laments MPs were barred from raising Hajj case in parliament

MP Ziad Hawat of the Lebanese Forces-led Strong Republic bloc on Tuesday decried that Speaker Nabih Berri prevented lawmakers from raising the case of Archbishop Moussa al-Hajj during a legislative session.

“The normal and right place to voice opinion… is parliament and what has been happening since years in this regard is blocking parliament’s supervisory role over the ongoing violations,” Hawat said.

“What happened with Archbishop al-Hajj had nothing to do with a legal violation; it was rather the translation of a political decision to subjugate Bkirki and its free patriotic decision as well as an attempt to silence its voice,” the MP added.