Opinion Poll: Lebanon & the 'ill reputed' Hariri Tribunal

English summary of Beirut Center for Research and Information's latest poll on tribunal.
For Arabic version see http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/17126

1. Do you believe that the simultaneous release of the STL indictment along with the issuance of the ministerial statement was a coincidence or deliberate?

26.4% said it’s a coincidence
65.8% said it’s deliberate

2. In your opinion, do the leaks of the indictment’s contents 2 years ago in the western and Arab media cast doubt on the tribunal’s credibility?

63.5% said YES;
33% said NO

3. Did Daniel Bellemare, the STL Prosecutor, deal with the evidence provided by Seyyid Hassan Nasrallah in a professional manner?

26% YES,
60.5% NO

4. do you have confidence in the STL’s autonomy?

36.8% said YES,
60% said NO

5. do you believe that the tribunal should investigate the false witness issue before the trial?

70% said YES,
22.5% said NO

6. what are the objectives pursued by those who support the tribunal?

40.8% said justice,
54.3% said political gains

7. whom in your opinion stood most to gain from the assassination of Hariri

55.8% said Israel and/or US
13.8% said Hizbullah and/or Syria