Jumblat: Transformation of Some Beirut Districts into Security Zones Doesn’t Help Anyone
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Wednesday the need for peaceful demonstrations to take place within legal norms in order to maintain freedom of expression that preserves Lebanon’s diversity.
He said in a statement: “The transformation of some of Beirut’s neighborhoods into closed security zones does not benefit any side as the capital belongs to all Lebanese and it harbors all political views.”
“In addition, respecting media outlets in their coverage of political events should be upheld,” he stated.
“It would be helpful for some ministerial figures to remember this principle,” the MP remarked.
“Media freedom is just as important of political and personal freedom and all political powers are responsible for maintaining it,” Jumblat concluded.
On Tuesday, dozens of supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad attacked a small rally against him and his regime in Beirut, landing at least one protester in hospital, activists told Agence France Presse.
A security official told AFP there had been a clash outside the Syrian embassy in Beirut’s Hamra neighborhood between pro- and anti-Assad demonstrators on Tuesday evening but could not give further details.
03 August 2011, 12:58
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ya bon dieu baram baram we reji3 now 3ala el democracy. shou ma 3ajbeto tehran tere? yalla balki hayde el marra byerja3 we byefham imit el horiye.
3anjad el denye douleb!
03 August 2011, 13:57
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Mr. Jumblat
This is what we are saying from 2005 till now & you were with us (14 march) & now you are highlighting on this subject !!!
What Happened?
Are you trying to reinstatement your decisions.
03 August 2011, 14:14
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Jumblat .... did u just wake up or were you sleeping for the last 15 years? These security zones are not new as you well know, so why raise the issue now? Are you signaling yet another shift?
03 August 2011, 14:39
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jumblat will always remain like this the problem is with all the lebanese people who beleive him & ally with him
03 August 2011, 14:41
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إذا لازم مقاومه كلنا مقاومه مش بس الشيعة ويلي ما بيحمل سلاح وبقول نعم للمقاومه كذاب ليش ما بيعمل متلون ؟؟
03 August 2011, 15:04
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Anyone who wants to understand the political dynamism in the region he should refer to Mr. joumblat .This latter has the capability to feel and identify the major shifts and reposition accordingly....
Keep an eye on him he can navigate well in a turbulent sea..
03 August 2011, 15:05
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He turns with the wind and is somehow follwoing the tendency among the Syrian druze who are turning too. This was enough for him to regain his place on listet el charaf, ie syria and hezbollah hit list.
03 August 2011, 15:07
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it dosnt need a genius ya walid to notice that the syrian regime is weakening by the day,yalla u can jump back,but there is no heroism in that.....the heroes of bilad el arz are people who didnt budge like HAKIM.
N.B. the syrian druze are joining the revolution,he feels bypassed.
03 August 2011, 15:19
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Jumblatt is again pointing to in the direction of the shifting winds. He had run to Syria for protection from Hezbollah and paid Assad's price of shifting Parliamentary allegiance from M14 to M8. Now, he sees Assad going down. It is inevitable. Jumblatt's lifeboat is sinking and Jumblatt is jumping out of it.
Plus, there are a significant number of fellow Druze who live in Syria and who are endangered, or will be so by a post-Assad Regime in Syria since Alawites, Christians and Druze have been in alliance with each other. Hezbollah and Iran will be persona non grata in the post-Assad Syria. Jumblatt is just trying to lay a marker for the future, as is the Turkish Regime. If there was any visionary in Washington DC, the US would be doing the same rather than waiting on this Assad murder to engage in reforms.
03 August 2011, 16:16
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Well, I hear you and I like what I hear. But I see you and I don't. It was you who brought thiese thugs to power in Lebanon. They couldn't have formed a gov without you. Is this a sign of remorse or just changing masks..
03 August 2011, 16:36
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Mr turbulent, Jumblat hasnt got the capacity of anything exept saving his head when there is a major shift in the region, as usual, he is no sorcerer or sees the future, he is just an hypocrit without principles or convictions or courage, that changes sides just to stay boss of his people and to save his own life. He is a coward and will always be a coward, no matter what side he is on, his yo-yo play is going to be over soon, my advice to him would be just to get out of politics , go far far away and spare us his weekly bullshit as he has become irrelevant and worse than a bug trapped inside our ears, and of course he can take his 2122kg of cocaine, heroine, and marijuana with him
03 August 2011, 16:53
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Sure wally, the march 14 alliance Will take you back. After all, bachar tried killing you when your brakes were neutralized on your way back from Damascus. However, yournreturn will come at a price. Surely!
03 August 2011, 17:01
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What i like the most about Mr Jumblat is that he is a typical miniature of the lebanese situation, he suffers a self induced schizophrenia, he is in deep trouble but who is responsible? it is for sure the leaders of 14 march, mainly in the war of may 2008. They left the Druse Sect alone and did nothing. This minority is doing everything to ensure its survival
03 August 2011, 17:43
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Geagea and Jumblat should stop their stupid and useless daily declarations .
03 August 2011, 18:11
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Interesting article for you to read. It is true what someone says which is the little minority is basically trying to survice
http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=15508&lang=ar
03 August 2011, 18:23
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wellcome back jumblat the ceder of pride and freedom missed you
04 August 2011, 01:50
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well all of you guys are criticizing walid beik because you have such a short memorie.. walid is the one who made march 14 and he was the leader and the arrowhead of the revolution... and when March 8 attacked The mountains he was left alone to fight.. non of the supposedly "other leaders" or non of the alies even thought about sending few peoples just to make sandwiches for the druze fighters who used anything they can to fight and defend the land.. so i dont blame him at all i think he is the smartest politician in lebanon and for sure he knows how to play on "whats good for the lebanese peoples.. he is a great leader and a great politician no one can ignore that..
04 August 2011, 04:50
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Calm down guys. He means the security zones of Tripoli where the Salafis are arming.
