A higher judicial council failed to appoint a second judge to oversee the investigation into the Beirut port blast on Tuesday night following outrage by civil society over the proposition. The 4 August 2020 port blast killed at least 251 and wounded around 7,500. To date, no one has been charged in connection with the blast and political powers have successfully stalled the investigation. The Higher Judicial Council was deliberating whether to appoint Samaranda Nassar as an "auxiliary" investigative judge in a closed-door session. Earlier in the month, Lebanon's caretaker Minister of Justice had sent a letter to the Council asking them to find an alternative judge to
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