Saqr: Jumblat Has Repeatedly Mentioned My Links to Syria to Justify Hizbullah, Iran's Invasion
MP Oqab Saqr criticized on Friday Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's claims that the March 14 camp, starting with Saqr, was the first to meddle in the Syrian crisis.
He said in a statement: “The PSP leader has recently resorted, in his contradictory remarks, to mentioning my name when it comes to Syria in order to justify Iran and Hizbullah's invasion of the country.”
“He sees this as a normal and balanced response to the meddling of my army and ballistic missiles in Syria,” he continued sarcastically.
“I would like to draw Jumblat's attention to the political, media, and humanitarian support that I have provided to Syria, which is the least of what any human being can offer to a people that is being massacred on a daily basis,” he remarked.
“Jumblat has been amazing us with his long-winded statements on the need to support him in confronting whom he calls a sick criminal,” added Saqr in reference to the MP's recent labeling of Syrian President Bashar Assad as a “schizophrenic person”.
“If he believes that our support for the Syrian people carries equal weight as oppressing the people and killing prisoners, then anyone has the right to reveal the MP's meetings with Muslim Brotherhood members in Istanbul and his attempts to mediate between the Syrian opposition and Russia,” he said.
If he considers aiding the Syrian people a crime, then his attempts with the Syrian opposition and dealings in Istanbul should be labeled as war crimes, he stressed.
“We realize that only Jumblat is allowed to change his political positions on an hourly basis and we are aware of his political moodiness, but he must realize the limits of his authority,” stated Saqr.
Moreover, he said: “We have sided with the Syrian people since the beginning of their revolt as we have always sided with any Arab people in revolt.”
“We have always counted on the will of the people and the martyrs because we believe that freedom may be achieved through powerful speeches, not secret messages appealing to a former U.S. ambassador to plan the assassination of Assad,” he added.
Earlier on Friday, Jumblat had criticized the March 14 camp, saying that it has repeatedly slammed Hizbullah's actions in Lebanon and abroad, especially in Syria.
He noted: “It has condemned the party's involvement in Syria knowing however that the camp, starting with Saqr, was the first to meddle in the neighboring country.”
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