Jumblat: Iran May Be Seeking to Alter Taef if it Remains Inflexible over Presidential Deadlock
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated that Lebanon should await the outcome of the meeting between Iranian officials and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to determine whether the election of a president will be facilitated, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Wednesday.
He told the daily: “If the Iranian side does not show flexibility regarding the elections and the cabinet's upcoming session, then it would therefore be attempting to alter the Taef Accord.”
He explained that Iran would be able to make such a demand after being emboldened by the deal it reached with the West over its nuclear program, which is viewed as a “major victory.”
The MP added that “we should wait to see what the Iranian side will ask from Fabius regarding Lebanon.”
“If it harbors goodwill, then it will facilitate the elections, but if it seeks to hit back at France over its rigid stance during the nuclear negotiations, then I do not believe that they will be lenient with Fabius,” noted Jumblat.
French President Francois Hollande tasked Fabius to discuss with Iranian authorities Lebanon's presidential deadlock, al-Hayat reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper said Hollande informed Fabius that he should discuss with Iranian officials later this month the importance of ending the presidential vacuum.
Baabda Palace has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended in May last year.
Differences between the March 8 and 14 alliance officials have thwarted attempts by the parliament to elect a successor.
Fabius said Tuesday he would visit Iran "next week" after the historic deal on its nuclear program.
Jumblat, who was present in France on Monday with his son Taymour, had held talks with Hollande on the latest developments in Lebanon.
“Never forget that France will always be by your side and the side of Lebanon,” the MP quoted Hollande as saying.
22 July 2015, 08:46
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hezbollah and its proxies such as aoun, franjieh and arslan have been calling for a constituent assembly to alter Taef for some time now.
22 July 2015, 09:39
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Iran has again declared yesterday that it has reached the mediterranean sea.
Of course Ebola is Iranian. Of course the Caporal is traitor.
22 July 2015, 13:10
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FT = the most informative poster this site has ever seen by a country mile
No wonder his posts are removed within minutes of them being posted.
22 July 2015, 13:07
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....only 2 people are working for Lebanon as we speak.
General Aoun & Walid Jumblat....the rest pffttttt.
22 July 2015, 13:12
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Mowaten I'm not a big poster here but I have been using this site for over 35 years and recently I have been liking your posts, your the only one informing these deluded ignorants. :)
22 July 2015, 13:21
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Meh I remember when I was in Lebanon and it was Ramadan I was in place in dahieh, at a famous fast food place, I believe it was called abu ali falafel, but not sure, anyways. I am sure it was in dahieh because there were so many shia mosques. I was eating that tutifruity and falafel sandwich and the shias were looking at me with anger, until one guy came, told me something in Farsi Arabic "Allah Akbar, Labayka Ya Nassrallah or something Labayka Ya Hussein", and tried to take away my cup of fruits and the falafel sandwich. Until a police or army some security guy, told the fanatic to back off.
22 July 2015, 13:22
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Lol shias r funny. Remember the days they had power lol. Welcome to the new era.
22 July 2015, 17:22
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Tric, try, it's Presidency and not Presidence. Then it's Christians and not Cristhians. Yalla, repeat till you get it right, yalla papi yalla....
22 July 2015, 20:10
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I am not for the takfiris winning, but I am for HA losing militarily so they start abiding by the constitution and stop their hijacking of the country to serve Iran's interests. And no I do not want the miltary loss to happen inside Lebanon, I want it to happen inside Syria to spare the Lebanese the agony of it all.
