The Appeal Public Prosecutor in Mount Lebanon, Judge Ghada Aoun, confirmed in a statement: “An explanation of what is being circulated in the media about MP Elias Hankash’s evasion of attending to clarify before us the issue of a file related to violations in the parliamentary elections in the Matn district.

It is important for the Appeals Prosecution in Mount Lebanon to clarify, that Deputy Hankash did not evade attendance, and after being summoned, the only time he was summoned, he attended immediately. So clarification was required.”