Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was officially notified on Friday of Acting Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Jamal Hajjar’s decision to dismiss Ghada Aoun, Public Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, on the grounds of professional misconduct.
He immediately sent a memorandum to all ministries, administrations and services, asking them to comply with Hajjar’s request, which forbade the various security services from communicating with Ghada Aoun or carrying out her orders, asking them to refer from now on to the assistant public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, i.e. Aoun’s subordinate.
In his memorandum, Mikati noted that the Public Prosecutor’s request was aimed at restoring order within the Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor’s office.
As a reminder, Judge Jamal Hajjar dismissed Ghada Aoun from all her cases despite her prior dismissal from her position. Aoun had previously been sanctioned by the Disciplinary Council of the Judiciary in May 2023 for unprofessional behavior. Nevertheless, she refused to comply with these decisions.
Ghada Aoun reacted promptly, on her X account, but this time to turn her supporters against the Caretaker Prime minister, whom she accused of “breaking the law and trampling on the principle of the separation of powers to protect himself”. She accused Mr. Mikati of being part of a plan to “steal the money of depositors” whom she urged them to “rise up against this theft”.
