The president of the ‘Independence Movement’ Michel Moawad left the event commemorating PM Rafic Hariri’s assassination at BIEL, and tweeted on his Twitter account:

“I wanted to take part in the event commemorating PM Rafic Hariri’s martyrdom; an event that means a lot to me personally, both for emotional and national reasons. But after reaching BIEL, I had to leave for reasons to do with protocol… and maybe other motives behind it.”

كنت أودّ المشاركة في ذكرى تعني الكثير لي شخصياً عاطفياً ووطنياً، وهي ذكرى #استشهاد_الرئيس_رفيق_الحريري، إلا أنه وبعد وصولي إلى "البيال" اضطررت إلى المغادرة لأسباب بروتوكولية… وربما ما وراءها. pic.twitter.com/KChfvvHF5j

— Michel Moawad (@michelmoawad) February 14, 2018