«The allegations are inconsistent and lack a legal or constitutional basis,» Khalil subscribed in a series of messages on social networks.
Along with two former colleagues and Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab, Khalil faces charges of negligence in the detonation of the port terminal, causing some 200 deaths and thousands of injuries.
The chief investigating judge Fadi Sawwan summoned them for questioning as part of the investigation into the catastrophe, for which the origin and those responsible are still unknown.
In another part of his messages, Khalil announced that the Amal Movement party bench, to which he belongs, works to discover the truth and is in favor of imposing exemplary punishments on the guilty.
During the last hours four former prime ministers along with the religious leader of the Lebanese Sunni Muslims, Abdel-Latif Derian, showed their solidarity with Diab.
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