Jumblat’s National Struggle Front Links Stance to Miqati’s Decision on Cabinet Crisis
Sources close to Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said the Druze chief’s stance from the government crisis is linked to the decision that Premier Najib Miqati would take if the March 8 ministers reject to fund the international tribunal.
Sources close to Jumblat told As Safir daily on Tuesday that the PSP chief rejects the collapse of the government. “The country cannot bear” crises anymore, they said.
“We should avoid everything that creates instability,” the sources said.
They reiterated that Jumblat backs the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He along with President Michel Suleiman and Miqati supports the payment of Lebanon’s share to the STL.
The sources of Jumblat, who leads the National Struggle Front, also said that the parliamentary bloc’s stance is linked to any decision that Miqati would take.
The premier warned last week that he would submit his resignation if the cabinet failed to fund the tribunal.
The sources told An Nahar newspaper that several ministers believe Miqati would resign because the Hizbullah-led March 8 forces would reject to fund the court during a cabinet session on Wednesday.
Approval of the payment of Lebanon’s 49 percent share would be seen as a major loss to the Shiite party whose members have been indicted by the STL, they said.
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