A judicial decision to seize the properties of two deputies accused in the Beirut explosion

On Wednesday, the Lebanese judiciary issued a decision to seize the properties of two deputies accused in the Beirut Port explosion case, based on a lawsuit submitted by the Beirut Bar Association on behalf of the families of the victims, according to a judicial source told AFP.

The source said that "the head of the Beirut Execution Department, Judge Najah Itani, issued a decision to reserve a precautionary seizure of 100 billion pounds on the property of MPs Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zuaiter."

The decision came within the framework of a lawsuit filed by the Beirut Bar Association’s Prosecution Office before the Civil First Instance Court in Beirut to question the two MPs, who previously held the positions of Finance (Khalil) and Public Works and Transport (Zaiter), for their “abuse of the rights of defense and prosecution, through They filed lawsuits that impede the progress of the investigation, and demanded compensation for this abuse of one hundred billion pounds,” according to the same source.

Following the port explosion, the Beirut Bar Association's Prosecution Office took the charge of suing the state by filing lawsuits in its agency on behalf of nearly 1,400 families of the victims and those affected by the explosion.

And the two MPs affiliated with the Amal Movement, which is led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, have since been charged with other officials, filed several lawsuits to stop the judicial investigator, Judge Tariq Al-Bitar, from investigating the explosion that killed more than two hundred people on August 4, 2020, and wounded more than 6,500 others were wounded, causing massive damage to the port and a number of the capital's neighborhoods.

The investigation raises a political division, with major forces, most notably Hezbollah, objecting to Al-Bitar's work, accusing him of "politicizing" the file.

The investigation into the explosion as a result of the lawsuits against Al-Bitar has been suspended since the end of December, which has fueled the anger of the families of the victims and human rights organizations.

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