"The Mustaqbal Movement stresses its commitment to the democratic course," a statement issued after Mustaqbal's politburo meeting said, noting that "the parliamentary consultations conducted by the president" were held amid "fierce foreign pressures aimed at changing the rules of the democratic game."
"Our exit from power was not the immediate result of parliamentary consultations, it rather happened according to foreign orders … executed by domestic tools," the statement claimed.
During the meeting, Hariri stressed to the political bureau members that "anything related to the so-called S-S (initiative) belongs to the past now and does not exist for Saad Hariri or the Mustaqbal Movement."
He denied approving or signing on any paper "related to the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and its ties with the Lebanese State."
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