Jumblat: Only Cabinet Concerned with Appointments of Civil Servants
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed Thursday that the cabinet is the sole authority concerned with the appointment of civil servants.
Jumblat criticized some journalists without naming them, considering they have “a wide imagination.”
He reaffirmed via his Twitter account that he backs the Lebanese army and the state's security agencies.
The Druze chief has been seeking with Speaker Nabih Berri to prevent cabinet paralysis over the appointment of high-ranking security and military officials.
The government plunged in a further crisis last week when it failed to agree on the appointments controversy.
Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun has bluntly rejected any attempt to extend the terms of the officials.
He has been lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army chief as part of a package for the appointment of other top security officers.
Roukoz's tenure ends in October while the term of army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji expires at the end of September.
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M.T.
11 June 2015, 11:10
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Jumbo,
If you want to save the situation, You need to help the Caporal for treating his madness. Drugs are no longer enough.
11 June 2015, 11:43
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you are an elected civil servant mr joumblat ,when all our so called politicians go back to being civil servants not war lords or head of a religious sects 90% of Lebanon problems will be over
god bless democracy and secularism
11 June 2015, 13:10
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Jombie the junkie is still trying to find a niche role in politics. After having shamelessly behaved like a turbo prop fan for decades, even he has problems believing in what he says, let alone the public.
11 June 2015, 14:23
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@shiakiller, really, is the civil war over? I wasn't aware of that otherwise what are people like Jombie still doing around our lives? Anyway, thanks for the reminder, now let me check with my Lebanese calender and see why the date still jumps backwards rather than forward. Do you know where I can buy some smileys?
