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Marcel Ghanem case drags on
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BEIRUT: The Mount Lebanon Court of Publications postponed Tuesday the trial of journalist and TV host Marcel Ghanem till February 26, 2019, according to the National News Agency.
Ghanem, who's been embroiled in court proceedings for almost a year, is charged with obstruction of justice after he failed to face questioning over what went on during one his televised debates.
On November 9, 2017, Ghanem hosted a Saudi journalist who accused President Michel Aoun, caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Army Commander General Joseph Aoun of aiding and abetting terrorism due to their ties to Hezbollah.
Ghanem came under fire in the wake of this tirade for supposedly failing to defend the various Lebanese political and military figures that the Saudi national blasted.
In the aftermath of this attack, Judge Ghada Aoun, at the request of caretaker Justice Minister Salim Jreissati, summoned Ghanem to appear before her to “identify himself and clarify the circumstances surrounding the episode."
This then prompted Ghanem to dedicate almost 20min of his show on November 16 to lambast this development, while ridiculing the Judge’s claim.