“They instigate the people against one another, then they sit at a table together to make deals.'
The Associated Press
Unhappy with where the investigation into last year's port explosion is going, they have closed ranks to make sure they are untouched by the fallout. The probe into the port explosion is at the heart of the current tensions — as is Lebanon's culture of impunity, one in which the judiciary has never gone after those in power, despite widespread corruption and crimes.
When the judge began summoning officials, they used parliamentary immunity and various legal challenges to avoid having to show up for questioning. The establishment parties have collectively worked to block any serious opposition and attempts at reform that might harm them, observers say. They have hampered a forensic audit of the country's central bank, a key demand of the international community to restore confidence in the crisis-struck Mideast nation, protecting the bank’s longtime governor even as he faces corruption charges in Switzerland and France and accusations of gross mismanagement at home.
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