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Ahmad Rami al-Hajj and Tannous Meshleb, surrounded from left to right by Mireille Najm-Shecrallah, Aouni Ramadan, Élie Mecherkani, and Rahif Ramadan. (Credit: Claude Assaf/L’Orient-Le Jour)
Add as preferred on Google Amid reports of disagreements between the Cassation’s Public Prosecution Office and the Constitutional Council over the interpretation of the general amnesty law, Top Prosecutor Ahmad Rami al-Hajj and Constitutional Council President Tannous Meshleb held a press conference at the council’s headquarters in Hadath on Thursday to clear up misunderstandings.The press conference was attended by three of the Constitutional Council’s nine other members — Mireille Najm-Shecrallah, Elie Meherkani and Aouni Ramadan — as well as Rahif Ramadan, an advocate general at the Court of Cassation. This press conference followed controversy over the Constitutional Council’s “binding interpretative reservations” concerning the amnesty law. The Constitutional Council had issued these reservations after the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) filed... You have reached your article limitStay informed about a Middle East in crisis.Subscribe for $0.5/month for the first 3 months. Subscribe now Log in This article is only available to L’Orient Today subscribers. Subscribe now Log in Create a free account to continue reading this article. You’ll also receive The Morning Brief, our must-read daily digest of Middle East news. Opt out anytime Email Address Password Email Address Password I would like to receive special offers from L'Orient Today as well as selections of the best articles. Register By creating an account, you agree to the terms and conditions of use and our privacy policy. Register Or register with: Facebook
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