Hizbullah calls on judiciary to enforce law, punish collaborators

President of Hizbullah's Political Council MP Mohammed Raad said he feared the Lebanese judiciary might be influenced by the atmosphere demanding "tolerance concerning the collaborators with the Zionist enemy".

The judiciary must collect reports and find the precise facts relevant to the crimes perpetrated against our people and country, Raad said.

Speaking at a commemoration to mark the passage of one week since the martyrdom of Mohammed Khalil and Youssef Khalil in the town of Bareesh, Raad said, "Our national responsibility requires that we punish the collaborators, for taking them to court rescues them and the country."

It is strange how hasty trials that do not take into account the real social and political dimensions of treason and committing crimes against the homeland are held, he said.

MP Raad demanded that a clear scheduled development program is organized to start the process of restoration of destroyed towns.

We don't want improvisation and political investment to be behind the development or the compensations to be given to people, he said.

It is not acceptable to discriminate according to villages, districts, or affiliations for this may lead to a social revolution, he concluded.

Manar TV, 5-6-2000.