Finance and public works ministers in office in late 2013, when the ammonium nitrate was first unloaded at Beirut’s port, will be quizzed
The aftermath of the huge blast at Beirut's port on August 4 2020. Picture: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR
They will appear before an investigating panel after the ministers of public works, the official said. The two ministries are responsible for port operations. In the event that ministers are implicated in the case, a third of parliament’s legislators would have to approve their referral to a court that specialises in trying members of the government and presidents.
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