Aoun Says Presidency Won't Interfere in Marcel Ghanem's Case
President Michel Aoun stressed Wednesday that the Presidency will not interfere in the work of the judiciary.
“The ceiling of press freedom is truth,” Aoun said during a meeting with financial prosecution judges.
“The Presidency has not and will not interfere in any case that the judiciary is looking into, especially those related to journalists, including the journalist Marcel Ghanem,” the president added.
“No one is above the authority of the judiciary, which safeguards everyone's rights, protects dignities and achieves justice. It is unacceptable to insult it or defy its rulings by any side,” Aoun underlined.
A subpoena was issued Monday for Ghanem, who is one of the most prominent talk show hosts in Lebanon's history.
Ghanem is accused of hosting Saudi journalists who branded the Lebanese president and parliament speaker as "terrorists" during one of his show's episodes.
Justice Minister Salim Jreissati has asked the country's prosecutor general to launch an investigation against the two Saudi journalists who appeared on Ghanem's Kalam Ennas talk show, one of the most watched weekly TV programs in the country.
The move came at a time when tensions were very high between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia over the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, announced from the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Source: Naharnet
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