On the eve of the first anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, which killed more than 200 people and destroyed large areas of the city, Lebanon's future leader Saad Hariri sharply criticized State institutions.

Hariri said in a statement that the way to get to the truth was "to internationalize the investigation into the port explosion, since investigations into past crimes have not led to access to the killers, let alone to prosecute them."

He also added that the explosion was "a black mark of cases of loss, denial, deception and neglect in the political, judicial, administrative and military institutions of the State."

The former Head of Government continued: "The volcano that has ravaged Beirut, its people and its revival is not a platform for bidding and political investment in the grief of distressed citizens.

In spite of the passing of one year, no senior Lebanese official was directly charged in the explosion, the worst disaster in Lebanon's modern history.

Hariri continued: "Justice shall have two rules, an international commission of inquiry which shall establish its hand in the file and the crime scene, or suspend the restrictions provided for in the Constitution, the laws and the resulting special courts, which shall have jurisdiction and judgement in the same offence."

He noted that the International Tribunal for Lebanon had uncovered the truth about the crime of his father, Rafik Hariri, and identified the criminal, but that "where is the truth about the murders of Kamal Jumblat, Rashid Karami, Reneh Muawad and Dani Shimon?

Hariri asked: "Where is the truth and the justice boards of the attempted murder of Marwan Hamada, Mei Almadeq and bitter despair? And where are the murders of Walid Eido, Samir Short, Gibran Twini and George Hawi? "

He went on: "History says that most of the crimes referred to the Justice Council have gone to the political wind, the port crime is the mother of the crimes in the history of Lebanon, and injustice will occur to all Lebanese if they are lost in the sea of Al - Baidat."

He asserted that "neither justice nor account without truth nor truth without a transparent international investigation, nor the suspension of certain constitutional articles to waive immunities."

He confirmed that 4 August (tomorrow and the anniversary of the devastating explosion) was a day of solidarity with Beirut, and with the families of the victims, injured and affected.