The Special Tribunal for Lebanon's Trial Chamber decided Tuesday to add MP Walid Jumblat and journalist Ali Hamadeh to the Prosecution's list of witnesses in the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, amid debate between the Defense and judges over remarks by MP Marwan Hamadeh describing the accused Hizbullah members as “criminals.”
The Trial Chamber assessed that Jumblat and Hamadeh can provide evidence in the case due to their contact with the slain premier before his death.
Some members of the Defense objected to the inclusion, saying that it will hamper the proceedings of the trial, while others did not oppose it.
Presiding Judge David Re however said that the Trial Chamber believes that the inclusion will not impede the trial.
The Prosecution is still compiling the documents linked to summoning Jumblat and Hamadeh.
They will be not be summoned before 2015, said Re.