The National News Agency reported that MP Nohad Machnouk, through his lawyer, Naoum Farah, filed a lawsuit before the Criminal Court of Cassation, requesting the dismissal of Judge Bitar from the Beirut port explosion file and the appointment of another judge for this task due to "legitimate suspicion."
MPs Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter also submitted, through the former head of the Beirut Bar Association, Amal Haddad, and lawyer Rashad Salameh, another lawsuit before the Civil Court of Cassation, requesting the dismissal of Judge Bitar from the case, based on the claim that he "violated the constitutional principles, and surpassed the powers of the Parliament and the Supreme Council for the Trial of Presidents and Ministers."
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