Mansour Responds to Jumblat: If Golden Rule is Silence, Then We Must All Keep Quiet
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour slammed on Tuesday Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat’s statements on Lebanon’s position at the Arab League meetings on Syria, saying that he does not need to “lectured by anyone on democratic conduct.”
He said: “If silence is the golden rule, then all sides are better off keeping quiet.”
The minister added: “We are seeking democracy and just as everyone has the right to express themselves freely, then I don’t think we need lessons on democracy from anyone.”
Jumblat criticized in his weekly editorial in al-Anbaa magazine on Monday Mansour’s position on the Syrian crisis, saying that it is harming Lebanon’s credibility.
He said: “If only Lebanon’s envoy at the Arab League meetings would remain silent over the Syrian crisis instead of proposing solutions to the unrest.”
He added that Lebanon should also maintain its position of distancing itself from the Syrian developments instead of suggesting solutions to the crisis.
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