Taimur Jumblat Appointed to Prominent PSP Position ahead of Succeeding his Father as Chief
Taimur Jumblat, the son of Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, has been appointed as a “guiding member” of the party, in a step that would allow him to later run for its leadership council and consequently head the party, reported Voice of Lebanon radio on Monday.
Meanwhile, on Friday Jumblat spoke of a “shock” he will present during the party’s general assembly scheduled for the end of the month, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Saturday.
Sources predicted that he will call on the party leadership to resign in order to allow a new wave of young members to assume administrative positions in the PSP.
He will also call on his followers to launch a “workshop of renewal in the party’s general organization and political approach to encourage youth participation,” said the sources.
Asked in an interview with al-Manar television on Friday if Taimur would succeed him as the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Jumblat responded that he will monitor his political work, adding that his acquiring of prominent responsibilities in the party depends on other factors and not on the MP alone.
The sources denied that Jumblat is seeking to withdraw from political life in Lebanon.
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