Jumblat Continues Efforts to End Political Crisis, Seeks Consensus among Foes
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's initiative to end the political crisis in the country is seeking to find common ground among the political foes to end the deadlock, local newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Jumblat's initiative is based on finding an alternative to Prime Minister Najib Miqati's cabinet without causing any political vacuum in the country.
An Nahar newspaper reported that the PSP delegation, which met with President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Palace on Tuesday, is set to hold separate talks with Speaker Nabih Berri, Miqati, Hizbullah and several parties to find consensus among them.
PSP sources told As Safir newspaper that the delegation, which includes ministers Ghazi al-Aridi, Alaeddine Terro, and Wael Abou Faour, didn't tackle with Suleiman the possibility of finding an alternative cabinet but ways to end the political deadlock.
Lebanon plunged in a political crisis on October 19 when Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch chief Brigadier General Wissam al-Hasan was assassinated.
Jumblat is also seeking to convince political foes to attend a new round of the national dialogue sessions to discuss the arms of Hizbullah and other disputed matters, An Nahar newspaper said.
Sources close to Suleiman said in comments published in As Safir newspaper that the president stressed on the commitment to the Baabda Palace declaration, in particular, disassociating the country from the turmoil in Syria and the region and the resumption of the all-party talks.
Jumblat said on Monday that he would not personally make contacts with March 8 majority and March 14 opposition members as part of the PSP initiative to resolve the country's political crisis.
The March 14 alliance boycotted political activity with its foes after it blamed Miqati's government for the killing and said it would not sit at the same dialogue table with Hizbullah.
Jumblat told reporters on Tuesday that he is in an alliance with Suleiman, Berri and Miqati.
The Druze leader warned of a political vacuum, saying that he rejects any calls on his ministers to topple the cabinet.
“If we didn't find an alternative government and the current cabinet stepped down... I will name again Miqati for the premiership,” Jumblat said.
21 November 2012, 09:17
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the political crisis will continue as long as:
- joumblat insisting on the 60 electoral law
- hizbushaitan refusal of discussing their turning over their weapons to the army
the cabinet is not up for discussion, rather it is a constitutional matter.
21 November 2012, 11:06
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i like how simplified your analysis to the political crisis - if you could call that- the country is on the verge of war and everyone around us is in turmoil and few irrelevant MP's and an outdated- out of this world system of government that we Lebanese brag about as a consensual democracy( which i find ludicrous and funny) is causing the political crisis ..... We all wish it was as simple as that but it is NOT ..it is time to dig deeper in your history books and find some answers is all the advice I can offer you.
21 November 2012, 11:15
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while I agree with you that the "consensual democracy" is a joke, but within the limits of the agreements that are in place of how government should be managed, I need to confirm that my analysis is not simplistic at all, neither for now or for the future:
- it would be ideal to have a universal election, i.e. the people elects all the parliament members irrespective of religion and confessions, but
- to do that, you must agree that all constituents of this country should be at the same level, which means no one is holding weapons.
21 November 2012, 11:18
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- because as long as there are weapons in the hands of one party, there will be no real discussions (a hizbushaitan representative without weapons cannot force his will on others).
- once we reach that situation, we should all push for change, but the proper way, based on Lebanon and not religion/confession.
I hope you agree with that.
21 November 2012, 10:10
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Poor jumblatt, he went from making clever and wity remarks to having now to actually do some work, I miss his witty remarks :(
21 November 2012, 10:11
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This Judas is helping? Are you kidding me? Neither M8 nor M14 trust him as far as they can throw him... M14 tolerates him and M8 can't stand him... He is going down hill and will be losing big if elections are held... He is only into self preservation and good luck on that...
21 November 2012, 14:10
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forget about democracy you ...lebanese criminals ...racists ..ignorants
i just wanted to know ... why is it so difficult for lebanon ..
to have 3 provincial governements .....?
a government for the north ..
a government for mount lebanon ...
and a government for the south ...
with 3 ports ..each province ..bringing whatever they wish under their own laws ..and international treaties ...
army would be ruled by their own children .. because one side always wants to keep a hold on it right ?
that way at least the country would move ahead a bit .. right ?
21 November 2012, 14:51
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minet
to say the least, your proposal is the most racist of all proposals.
the problem with this proposal is the following:
- what do the druze get out of it?
- mount Lebanon? who should control it? a maronite? why not a catholic or an orthodox?
- what about the bekaa?
- ....
and to achieve something like that, you need real criminals, as it will cost so many lives,....
08 December 2012, 05:42
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