Jumblat: Life Has Burdened the People to Suffer Sophistic Policy Statement Debates
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat criticized on Monday the lengthy debates and discussions that preceded the drafting of the government policy statement and their impact on the daily lives of the people.
He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website: “Life has burdened the Lebanese people to suffer the ministerial sophistic debates linked to the policy statement.”
“They were forced to be imprisoned in their cars” due to the strict security measures taken in Beirut at the time the panel drafting the statement was meeting on Friday, he lamented, while comparing their situation to that of doomsday.
He also criticized the March 14 commemoration ceremony held on Friday, saying sarcastically: “The people were left stranded in their vehicles for hours and hours due to the security measures that accompanied the poetry festival.”
“The greatest speeches and the most eloquent long poems were recited at the commemoration that the Lebanese people, stuck in their cars, have rarely cared for,” Jumblat said.
The March 14 forces marked on Friday the ninth anniversary of the movement's formation.
“The people are destined to suffer such debates and the show will continue,” the MP stated.
“Rest in peace Kamal Jumblat as fate took him at the appropriate time” before he could witness such days, remarked the lawmaker on the occasion of the anniversary of his father's assassination on March 16, 1977.
“Fate would have it that he was taken from us before he could witness the unprecedented debasement of Lebanese politics that has become devoid of the morals he was committed to,” he stressed.
The policy statement was drafted late on Friday night after arduous discussions between the rival March 8 and 14 camps.
Strict security measures were taken at the time of the ministerial discussions and the March 14 commemoration, resulting in congested traffic in several areas of Beirut, which left people stuck in their cars for several hours.
The March 14 General Secretariat issued an apology on Saturday for the traffic, criticizing the concerned ministries for failing to give a warning to the people over the strict measures.
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