The media office of Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced, “In the context of the systematic campaign against Prime Minister Najib Mikati, similar to the ongoing campaigns aimed at insulting, slandering, and creating nothing more than media dust, information has reached His Excellency the President about a large-scale media campaign that will be launched tomorrow in foreign and local media.” “With the aim of insulting his country and family members.”
The office pointed out that “according to the information, this campaign, which was initiated today with “press questions” received by his state office, is based on the fact that two associations in France filed a lawsuit against the Prime Minister and his family members “on charges of illicit enrichment and money laundering.” .
He said: “The President and his family members first express their respect for the right of any individual or entity to resort to the judiciary, but to date the family has not received any complaint, whether through the competent judicial authorities or the family’s legal agents, regarding the allegations that are being circulated in the media.” .
He added: “Also, the circulation through some media outlets of the details related to these two complaints that were supposedly submitted to the French judiciary, before those concerned were informed of them, raises serious and legitimate questions about the intentions behind this step. It seems clear that this plan does not only aim to obtain a response.” “It is legal for the President’s family and office, but also, and above all, to harm the reputation of his country and his family through intentional defamation.”
He continued: “The President’s country and his family members have always adhered to the applicable laws, and no one among the family members or the group of family companies has been convicted in any judicial file, whether in Lebanon or anywhere else in the world. This established fact confirms the family’s commitment to legal principles and integrity.” In all her works.”
The office stressed that “it is important to point out in this context that on February 3, 2022, the first investigating judge in Beirut dismissed the lawsuit filed against the family in the file of bank loans obtained by members of the family as well as other Lebanese, and in August 2023, The Monaco court also dropped the charges of “illicit enrichment and money laundering” that were brought at the behest of parties inside Lebanon due to insufficient evidence, and refuted the allegations against the Mikati family.
He pointed out, “The President confirms that what the family owns as a result of the business of its commercial companies that go back many years is characterized by complete transparency and adherence to applicable laws and the highest ethical principles. Its main field of work, which is the communications sector, is the best example of this commitment.”
He stressed that the family companies, like other investors, applied to participate in public offerings in the leading financial markets, especially on the London Stock Exchange, and were then sold to the international group MTN, which confirms the value and strength of the family’s global business commitments.
He pointed out that the President and his family members have initiated judicial procedures in foreign and Lebanese courts to confront this malicious campaign and expose those involved in it and its financiers.
The office confirmed that the family will not allow its reputation and the reputation of the President, who leads the executive authority at the most delicate stage in Lebanon’s history, to be undermined, and that it will prosecute all those involved in this campaign in Lebanon and outside Lebanon, and confirms that any direct and indirect involvement in this campaign will expose its owner to judicial prosecution. .
2024-04-03 16:39:00
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