Jumblat: I am Staying in Majority, Syrian Bloodshed Should Stop
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat said Friday that he is staying with the Majority, stressing that the National Struggle Front will vote for funding the Special tribunal for Lebanon.
In an interview on Al-Manar, Jumblat asked Syria to stop bloodshed and oppression, stating that he is "not convinced with the reforms," but did stress that he did not break ties with Damascus.
"When I met Syrian President Bashar Assad, I was honest on the necessity to reach a political solution," Jumblat said, asking to stop the" bloodshed and oppression which is happening every day, and innocent people are being killed."
He asked Syria to cease fire, and to start with true reform on its territories. " The regime should condemn the attack on the Syrian forces, release the prisoners" Jumblatt added, stressing on the necessity to condemn any demand of foreign intervention by the opposition and to allow the press to cover all Syrian regions."
He added that he is not worried about the division of the region, "but when we talk about the logic of minorities, we are dividing it."
On the Christians in Syria, Jumblat was surprised at their fear. "The Christians are the founders of revolutions, and it is not right for them to be afraid. They were at the forefront of Arab renaissances. Why are they afraid in Syria."
On the Lebanese issue, Jumblat assured of his good relations with Hizbullah " although we have different views, but this does not affect the good strategic relations we have."
"I have my own views on the Syrian and Arab revolutions" he said, adding that " we must keep up the pace with the regional developments."
Jumblat voiced his support of the "army, people and resistance" principle, "but the day will come when we will have to study a defense strategy."
The PSP leader refused to link Hizbullah's arms with the Palestinian naturalization, stressing that " weapons should be used solely to defend the state."
"We want to demarcate our borders in order to achieve liberation."
When asked about his current political position, Jumblat clearly stated that he is staying within the majority.
On the STL issue, Jumblatt said: "My parliamentary bloc will vote for funding the STL because there is a different public opinion which wants to know who made these gruesome assassinations and this is their right," hoping that a settlement on this issue can be reached.
On the economic level and the wage increase deal, the PSP leader wished more studies were done, and hoped that administrative reforms will be done soon.
"If we do not make any administrative reforms, we might have inflation like Greece," he said.
When asked about PM Najib Miqati, Jumblat said that he is doing an excellent job "to distance Lebanon from any International implications and not to let Lebanon be used against Syria."
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14 October 2011, 22:11
Jumblat: I will cause shock with my speech at the PSP General Assembly. All the Arab countries must be liberated. The Saudi King made a daring step towards KSA women.
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14 October 2011, 22:07
The democratic gathering did not discuss yet the coming elections. I did not read the Interior Minister's electoral law yet.
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14 October 2011, 22:05
Jumblat: I met former PM Fouad Sanioura at a friend's house, and I accepted MP Marwan Hamadeh's dinner invitation.
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14 October 2011, 22:02
Jumblat: I did not have a meeting with former PM Saad Hariri when I was in France. On the personal level he is a friend. We sometimes have common views in politics, but there is no direct contact with him.
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14 October 2011, 21:57
Jumblat: We will study the proportional representation issue so that they do not say that we closed the subject.
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14 October 2011, 21:53
Jumblat: I have not make any oil deals in Libya, and I did not buy palaces in France.
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14 October 2011, 21:51
Jumblatt: Why fear of sectarian strife? Why do we not we talk about reform? Christians were at the forefront of Arab renaissances. With fearing oppression, we will not win.
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14 October 2011, 21:48
Jumblatt: I'm not worried about the division of the region. But when we talk about the logic of minorities we are dividing it, why are the Christians in Syria afraid? The Christians are the founders of revolutions, and it is not right for them to be afraid. Salafism is not the alternative.
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14 October 2011, 21:44
Jumblat: The battle in Libya is not yet resolved. I wish that the Libyan Transitional Council would take control now and talk about promises later.
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14 October 2011, 21:42
Jumblat on Egypt: The Egyptian army's statement after the Maspero incident was not convincing. Everyone should unite against Salafism.
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14 October 2011, 21:37
Jumblatt: A settlement could have been reached in Bahrain. Now, there should be a political settlement in.
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14 October 2011, 21:35
Jumblatt: How to fortify Syria in order for it to survive in its resisting position? The best thing is to make internal reforms.
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14 October 2011, 21:34
Jumblat: I did not break ties with Damascus, there is a continuous communication by Major General Mohammad Nassif Ibri or by Minister Ghazi Aridi. I publicly refused what was said about arming the Syrian Druze, and i told general Nassif we do not want sedition with anyone in Syria.
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14 October 2011, 21:29
Jumblat: When I met Syrian President Bashar Assad I was honest on the necessity to reach a political solution. There is bloodshed and oppression everyday, and innocent people being killed.
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14 October 2011, 21:22
Jumblat: I am not in contact with the Lebanese opposition
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14 October 2011, 21:21
Jumblat: I ask Syria to cease fire, to condemn the attack on the Syrian forces and withdraw it from any security missions, release its prisoners, condemn any demand of foreign intervention by the opposition, call to account all crimes against the Syrian people, allow the press to cover all Syrian regions.
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14 October 2011, 21:19
Let Labor Minister Charbel Nahas and his team tell us about all the corruption cases. Pm Najib Miqati is doing his best to distance Lebanon from any International implications and not to let Lebanon be used against Syria. He is doing an excellent job.
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14 October 2011, 21:14
Jumblat: Not enough studies were made on the wage increase deal. If we do not make any administrative reforms, we might have inflation like Greece. Europe is busy and the Arab World is not interested in us right now, so let us try to reform.
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14 October 2011, 21:12
Jumblat: We do not forget that the Syrian-Saudi initiative led us to a dead end. In order to avoid sedition, let us try to reach a settlement.
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14 October 2011, 21:11
Jumblatt: My parliamentary bloc will vote for funding the STL because there is a different public opinion which wants to know who made these gruesome assassinations and this is their right. I do not know if a settlement on this issue can be reached.
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14 October 2011, 21:08
Jumblatt: I'm staying in the majority will not change
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14 October 2011, 21:06
Jumblat: Weapons are used solely to defend the state. There are parties in March 8 who have a racist view towards the Palestinians. They do not want them in Lebanon, but I tell them that they are staying here without naturalization.
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14 October 2011, 21:05
Jumblat: I am with the "army, people and resistance" principle, but the day will come when we will have to study a defense strategy. We want to demarcate our borders in order to achieve liberation. I do not want to link the Hizbullah's arms with the Palestinian with naturalization. Naturalization occurs when a solution is reached in Palestine.
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14 October 2011, 21:02
Jumblat: Although we have different views, this does not affect the good strategic relations we have with Hizbullah. I have my own views on Syria and the Arab revolutions since we must keep up the pace with the regional developments.
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14 October 2011, 21:00
PSP Leader MP Walid jumblat to Al-Manar: There is no apathy between me and Hizbullah cheif Hassan Nasrallah, but we might have different views sometimes. We discussed the Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian issues.
14 October 2011, 22:07
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the foxiest intelligent politician in lebanon: playing the card of iran as he considers the syrian card already burning.
he is halfway outside the hole he " put" himself in.
15 October 2011, 00:34
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SO THIS IS HOW THEY WILL DEAL WITH THE STL!
officially hizbushaitan will refuse it in the cabinet, then the so called centrists will vote for it in parliament :)
they get to keep the cabinet alive with no harm done :)
15 October 2011, 00:59
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"they (Palestinians) are staying here without naturalisation"? What the hell does that mean?
15 October 2011, 06:06
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@ ado.australia
i agree with u... what the hell does this mean?!!!!!
"they (palestinians) are staying here without naturalisation" ..................
15 October 2011, 13:52
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the windmeter has shown the direction of the winds.
and as for palestinians, i have no idea what he meant, but he can kiss his idea in the ass.
they are going home one day.
15 October 2011, 15:35
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The druze have no loyalty except against themselves and who is strongest. The druze side with whoever is strongest and have done so ever since their foundation in iran. They sided with the ottomans and were very loyal towards them when the ottomans were strong. When the british and the french colonialized the levant they sided with them, when the british occupiers in palestine were bringing in european jews and arming them and it became clear what was about to happen the druze in palestine sided with the zionists and have been loyal to them while the druze in syria have been loyal to the al asad family because they have the strength there, likewise the druze in lebanon sided with whoever was strongest, during the civilwar it was at one point the PLO/Sunni and leftist block and then they became "centrists" waiting to see who becomes strongest, when march14 was strong they went there and when march8 became strong they went there etc, there are many examples of this druze trend.
15 October 2011, 16:44
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Its a neat acrobatic trick by the great Houdini Jumblatt to say he is still with the Hezbollah coalition group, when he is voting to fund the STL. Killing the STL is the litmus test of whether one is with Hezbollah or not. Jumblatt is with funding the STL, not killing it, so he is not with Hezbollah, regardless of the hoochi koochi dance that Jumblatt does so well.
No doubt, Nasrallah sees through the bull sh*t as well, but is powerless to have Jumblatt do any different. Jumblatt is a survivor as is Nasrallah, so they both understand that survival requires that one do what one must do.
