Sami Gemayel Files Complaint against Raad: He Violated Parliament, Attributing Positions to it that it Didn’t Make

Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel filed a complaint against the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammad Raad over his latest press conference from parliament during which a poster supporting the March 8 camp’s positions was displayed behind him.

The complaint was filed to Speaker Nabih Berri on the basis that the “poster tarnished parliament’s image by attributing positions to it that it did not make.”

The MP explained: “The complaint does not address what Raad discussed at the press conference, but we are concerned with preserving parliament’s image.”

“Everyone has the right to wonder whether this poster was at parliament before the conference or that it was hung for the conference,” he continued.

The poster displayed slogans reflecting the March 8 camp’s opposition to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Gemayel urged Berri to take a position from such a development, saying that he should clarify if any MP is allowed to hang whatever poster he wants at parliament.

“Implying that parliament opposes the STL is a violation of the constitution and its slogan is a provocation to all MPs, especially those attached to the constitution,” he stressed.

Gemayel demanded that Raad be warned over violating parliament’s image and that hanging posters and slogans in parliament should be prohibited.