Report: Jumblat Seeks to Mend Ties with Democratic Gathering
National Struggle Front parliamentary bloc leader MP Walid Jumblat is reportedly seeking to normalize ties with the Democratic Gathering bloc to confront the new electoral law that is based on proportional representation.
Al-Liwaa daily said Saturday that Social Affairs Ministers Wael Abou Faour, who is loyal to Jumblat, made a speech on Friday during an event organized by the lawmakers of the Progressive Socialist Party.
Several members of the Democratic Gathering attended the event, including Karim Hamadeh, the son of deputy Marwan Hamadeh.
MP Hamadeh along with three other lawmakers split with the Democratic Gathering over the naming of a prime minister in January.
Hamadeh and the three MPs nominated Saad Hariri while Jumblat’s faction supported Najib Miqati, who was eventually named prime minister.
Al-Liwaa said that the presence of both parties in Friday’s ceremony was a sign that Jumblat was seeking to bring the four MPs back to his camp to confront the proportional representation which he has rejected.
Upon his return from Paris, Jumblat will invite the Democratic Gathering MPs to the ceremony organized by the Association of Social Work, the daily added.
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