Justice minister renews push to send explosives case to Judicial Council after Baabda visit
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What happened
Al Modon reported on October 29 that Justice Minister Adel Nassar visited Baabda and continued pressing for the explosives case to be sent to the Judicial Council through a cabinet decision.
Why it matters
The reported move reopens an active choice for the president, prime minister and cabinet over whether to formalize a referral in a case with judicial and political consequences. A cabinet-backed referral would create a new official step in the file; delaying or blocking it would also be visible and attributable.
Lebanon's Justice Minister Adel Nassar was reported on October 29 to have visited Baabda and to be maintaining his demand that the explosives case be referred to the Judicial Council by cabinet decision. The move keeps a sensitive judicial file active inside the presidency-premiership-cabinet triangle at a time when the government is already under coalition pressure. Because any referral would require a visible political choice by the executive, the issue now tests whether the leadership can advance rule-of-law claims without widening friction with Speaker Nabih Berri and Hezbollah.
Watch for
Lebanese cabinet secretariat agenda for the next Council of Ministers session listing the explosives case or a Judicial Council referral item Justice Minister Adel Nassar public filing or written memorandum to the Council of Ministers on the Judicial Council referral after 2026-10-29 Presidency of the Republic statement from Baabda on the legal handling of the explosives case in the next 72 hours Prime Minister's office confirmation before 2026-11-01 of whether the case will be put to a cabinet vote
Sources
- بين مقاطعة القوات وتحصين قاسم للسلاح: حكومة تحت الضغط · almodon.com
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