Lebanese demonstrations demanding the resignation of Lahoud

The Syrian denial of any involvement to the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri coincided with demonstrations organized by 2000 Lebanese, supporters of the Independent al-Mustaqil trend on Friday evening near the tomb of al-Hariri in the downtown of Beirut, demanding the resignation of the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud.

The demonstrators chanted slogans against Syria and its president and against al-Ahbash charity society for Islamic projects, as the name of its members was mentioned in the UN investigation report.

The parliamentarian for Hariri bloc Atif Majdalani considered that this is the first time in Lebanon when the facts were achieved in the assassination of an important figure. He also considered that so far, there is no reaction on the report being politicized and everyone commended the report as professional.

The gathering was made when parliamentarians from the Hariri bloc and from the bloc of the Druze leader Walid Junblat, including the minister of information Ghazi al-Aridi, and the communication minister Marwan Hamadeh, visited the Hariri tomb before they joined the gathering.

The Lebanese president denied what was stated in Mehlis report concerning the fact that a telephone call was made between him and the detained man Ahmad Abdul Al minutes before the assassination of Hariri.

Meantime, the secretary general of the People's Front For Liberation of Palestine -- general command, Ahmad Jibril, and the charity society of the Islamic projects which represents al-Ahbash sect in Lebanon, any role to any of their members in the assassination operation.