Jumblat Criticizes Opposition on ‘Context of Speeches’ during Hariri Murder Anniversary
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat criticized on Thursday the March 14-led opposition leaders’ rhetoric during a gathering organized in BIEL on ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 14, 2005 assassination anniversary.
“The context of their speeches didn’t differ from that of last year, except for the tackling of the developments in Syria,” Jumblat told An Nahar newspaper.
He also slammed the letter of the Syrian opposition read by March 14 General Secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid, saying: “It would’ve been better if they brought a leader from the Syrian National Council to address the crowds instead.”
The Lebanese opposition took the opportunity on Tuesday to announce its alliance with the Syrian National Council, which said in the letter that the Syrian regime will ultimately collapse and Damascus will have the best of ties with Lebanon.
Jumblat said that the March 14 coalition reiterated its position on Hizbullah’s arms.
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged the party to put its weapons at the disposal of the state, while Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel wondered if it was logical to back Arabs revolting against their regimes and accept that the Lebanese remain captive to the illegitimate arms.”
Also in his speech, Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea called on Hizbullah not to be “mistaken in its calculations,” stressing that “there is no future for any illegitimate arms and no future for any mini-state.”
However, Jumblat stressed to An Nahar on the importance of dialogue to resolve all the disputes.
The PSP leader travelled to Turkey on Wednesday night.
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