The prisoners' depression is because there is injustice from the delay in trials. But the Constitutional Council, which prevented contradiction and ambiguity, cannot frustrate them. The broader rule is that laws are general, not tailored to individuals.
The interpretive reservation is binding because the Constitutional Council's decision is binding on all authorities. Given the reality, what is required is to consider the interpretive reservations binding, which removes ambiguity and contradiction in some articles.
The Constitutional Council can annul any law partially or completely, or take the step of interpretive reservations. When texts contain elements of conflict or ambiguity that make them unapplicable, the Constitutional Council has the right to resort to interpretation to prevent the text from falling into contradiction, which would lead to its non-application.
Informed sources at Banque du Liban denied recent reports that former minister Salim Jreissati had been appointed as an advisor to the central bank, confirming the claim is untrue.
The Lebanese Constitutional Council issued a decision rejecting the request to cancel the general amnesty law No. 2026/70 entirely, but it partially annulled the law and accepted t…