Jumblat Describes Elections as 'War of Abolition,' Rejects Attempts of Elimination
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed that the upcoming 2013 parliamentary elections will be an opportunity to maintain the sovereign path in Lebanon, rejecting any attempts of elimination through the adoption of a new electoral law.
“We are confronting elections that are similar to a war of abolition but we won’t allow anyone to eliminate us,” Jumblat said on the phone during a dinner held by the PSP in California.
He had continuously voiced his rejection to adopting an electoral law based on proportional representation amid the absence of a reform package that includes the modernization of several institutions.
He noted that the decision to enter an alliance with the March 8 forces was to “protect stability in Lebanon.”
“We refuse to become a supplement to those who want to control Lebanon’s security, sovereignty, independence and we will prevent anyone from erasing the accomplishments of the Cedar Revolution,” the Druze leader stated.
Concerning the arms of Hizbullah, Jumblat said that the matter is negotiable as long as it wouldn’t be used against the Lebanese “according to our agreement with Hizbullah.”
“The arms would have to be handed over at the right time,” he added.
On the crisis in Syria, the PSP leader pointed out that the “Syrian people will eventually triumph.”
“The Arab Spring proved that the people are stronger than the repressive regimes,” Jumblat said.
He voiced his concern over the lack of support by the international community to the Syrians.
Jumblat became a firm critic of Syrian President Bashar Assad, slamming his crackdown against anti-regime protests which began on March 2011.
05 May 2012, 16:19
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This is the same scum bag who never stops talking about democracy. Sure, we all believe the scum bag.
05 May 2012, 17:24
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The scorpion and the frog:
The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion(Hezbollah) couldn't see any way across.
Suddenly, he saw a frog (Jumpsalott) sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.
"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"
"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you won’t try to kill me?" asked the frog.
"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"
Now this made sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"
"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"
05 May 2012, 17:25
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con't
"Alright then...how do I know you won’t just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.
"Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!" said the scorpion.
So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river.
Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.
"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"
The scorpion shrugged, "I could not help myself. It is my nature."
End of Story
05 May 2012, 17:40
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walid beik went in a mission, now he is coming back.. the mission was BUYING TIME and now we are back to 7th of may.
N.B. he was waiting by the river,now bashar has cancer.
06 May 2012, 02:16
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The idiot Aoun is pushing Jumblatt into re-aligning with the March 14 which would mean that the combined Huzb Allah-Amal-Aoun coalition will not have a majority after the next election if Jumblatt switched sides.
