Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Sunday issued a statement denying social media claims that she has voiced insults against Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.
This speaks for corruption in Lebanon: Governor of the Central Bank being honored by the Maronite patriarch and the head of the bankers’ association. https://t.co/if84F76EwS
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“I strongly condemn this demonic and militia-like approach to tarnish my reputation,” the judge said.
“I certainly cannot utter these silly and obscene polemics, which do not resemble my values and ethics. I’m a practicing Christian believer and I respect the head of the Maronite church,” Aoun added.
#Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai criticizes #Hezbollah in a new interview, hitting out at the “Iranian military force in Lebanon” for deciding wars in Israel, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.https://t.co/aKO2agSonL
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) April 20, 2021
She also announced that she will file a complaint on Monday against “those circulating these deplored articles” so that they be prosecuted.
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