The grave of Hariri, became auditorium

Smell of fresh flowers permeates the atmosphere in the provisional mausoleum that houses the tomb of Rafik Hariri. At dozens of fresh wreaths were also the hundreds of white roses around the March 14, the coalition led by his son and political successor Saad Hariri, the Lebanese who came at noon to attend the live broadcast of the inauguration of Special Tribunal for Lebanon, created to determine who killed the former prime minister and that started today in The Hague.

Today venerated tomb of the Sunni leader thus became an impromptu audience with giant screens connected to the signal broadcast from the Netherlands.

Shortly before the start of the opening, attended by prominent leaders of the March 14 as Members Maruan Hamade, Samir Frangi, Atif Majdalani or journalist Mary Chidiac, a victim of an attack that caused severe amputations, several political speeches welcomed a "new era in Lebanon." Thanks to the court, it is expected that up to now the impunity surrounding attacks against politicians, journalists and intellectuals in the country of the Cedar comes to an end.

"We want to know the truth, that is the reason for our presence," explained one of the assistants, Hana Hamad, 36. Accompanied by her sister and several of his children, declared that the March 14 party only trusts a justice which blamed the assassination on Syria that killed Hariri and 22 others in 2005. "We blame Damascus. If the court finds anything else, it will be a big lie."

Lack of confidence in the impartiality of justice, including the first international institution created by the United Nations to investigate a political crime, is a sign of the political radicalization of Lebanon. On March 14 stresses responsibility to Damascus, while the Syrian regime and its Lebanese allies, the March 8 coalition, rejected the accusations.

A cleric leads prayers at the grave of Hariri.