Jumblat: List of Condemned Politicians Endless, I Am Part of it
Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat said on Monday that the list of corrupt politicians in Lebanon is endless, expressing surprise at the fact that the protesters held banners in Sunday's demonstration limiting corruption to only three, including him.
“Yes I am part of this political strata condemned by the popular civil society movements, and I am accused until proven guilty. But at the same time I have the right to express surprise at the fact that they have limited the accusations of corruption to only three politicians, raising their pictures in the demos,” Jumblat told As Safir daily on Monday.
Civil society protesters marched Sunday from Bourj Hammoud to central Beirut's Nejmeh Square, carrying banners condemning the ruling political class and chanting slogans against the government.
The banners also reflected the protest movement's demands regarding the crises of waste management, electricity, salaries and other social issues.
One of the banners contained the pictures of Speaker Nabih Berri, former Premier Saad Hariri and Jumblat, referring to them as corrupt.
“I have a democratic right to ask why have they limited corruption to only three names, meanwhile the list is a very long one that no banner can have the capacity to hold,” the PSP chief concluded.
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Source: Naharnet
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