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Al-Hajjar to succeed Oueidat

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16-12-2023 | 06:12

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Al-Hajjar to succeed Oueidat

As the retirement date of the General Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation, Judge Ghassan Oueidat, approaches in February, sources told Al-Akhbar newspaper that the Speaker of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, informed the Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, that he does not support the appointment of a Shiite judge to the position of the General Prosecutor after Oueidat's retirement.

This article is originally published in, translated from Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.

Informed sources told Al-Akhbar, "Judges Nada Dakroub and Ali Ibrahim informed Berri that they will not accept the task."

"Meanwhile, the options go to the highest-ranking judge after Dakroub and Ibrahim, a Christian judge rumored to decline the role, opening the way for Sunni Judge Jamal al-Hajjar to assume the position."

"On the other hand, there is talk of a temporary solution in which Oueidat would entrust the duties to Judge Ghassan al-Khoury during his absence," the sources added.

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