Jumblat Backs Anti-Corruption Battle but Not 'Attacks' on Saniora
Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat announced Tuesday that he supports a “methodical battle against corruption” and not “a return to the March 8 and 14 calculations,” in reference to Lebanon's rival political camps.
Asked about the corruption-related war of words between MP Hassan Fadlallah of Hizbullah and ex-PM Fouad Saniora and other al-Mustaqbal Movement officials, Jumblat told reporters that he is “against such attacks ex-PM Fouad Saniora.”
As for the controversial issue of civil marriage, the PSP leader noted that he was the first official to voice support for its legalization, expressing surprise over the “silence” of the civil society in this regard.
Asked whether the Syrian regime has “strongly returned to Lebanon,” Jumblat said: “When did it ever leave us in order to return now?”
Source: Naharnet
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