Jumblat Urges Pacification as Abu Faraj's Family Drops Lawsuit

"All we want in Choueifat is for justice to be fulfilled," Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat said on Tuesday, as the family of a slain PSP member dropped its lawsuit in the case as part of an initiative sponsored by President Michel Aoun.

A letter dropping the lawsuit was handed to Aoun Tuesday by the ministers Akram Shehayyeb and Wael Abu Faour.

"The letter will be delivered to the relevant judicial authorities upon the handover of the suspect Amin al-Souqi, so that the judiciary rules without any interferences or pressures and with guarantees from the President," Shehayyeb said.

Jumblat meawhile tweeted that he shoulders full responsibility for the step, urging supporters to "shun tensions."

"This is not the first time that this method has been followed, according to the law and the social norms," Jumblat said.

"I thank President Aoun and the clerics for their efforts and help," he added.

Abu Faraj was killed in a clash with supporters of the Lebanese Democratic Party that followed the 2018 elections.

Al-Souqi, an LDP supporter, is believed to have fled to Syria.