Caretaker Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq denied having signed a decision allowing the municipality of Ghobeiry to name a street after “Mustafa Badreddine,” who is one of the main accused by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the case of the assassination of Rafiq Hariri.
He stressed that he did not approve such denomination; therefore, the decision of Ghobeiry municipality is rejected by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, emphasizing that “refusing to sign this decision does not mean any implicit approval.”
Mashnouq indicated that the Ministry will send a letter to the municipality of Ghobeiry to ask for the removal of the street signs.