According to Al Hayat newspaper, Daniel BELMAR prosecutor general of Canada, will be appointed as successor to Serge Brammertz to head the International Commission of Inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , his companions and other political assassinations during the past 2 years BELMAR, an international expert in criminal cases will also be appointed as the prosecutor before the International Tribunal court which will prosecute the criminals associated with the Lebanon assassinations. This will be the first time that a commissioner assigned to investigate a criminal case will also be appointed as a prosecutor.
The United Nations is expected to announce the appointment of BELMAR in the next two days. This will allow him a period of 5 to 6 weeks to receive the investigation files from Brammertz, who will leave his post at the end of the year. Brammertz will be submitting his last report to the Security Council in December.