Aoun issued that statement during a meeting with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka.

All preparations are underway to hold the parliamentary elections on the approved date, March 27, he said.

In opinion of the Lebanese head of State, the political interference in the judiciary is inadmissible, especially in the ongoing investigation into the explosion at Beirut’s port last year.

Since October, the Government has not been holding sessions due to the boycott by representatives of the Amal movement and Hezbollah parties, in protest against the politicized and biased role played by Tarek Bitar, a judge in charge of the case.

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