Jumblat calls for joint 'anti-March 8 plan' after Skaff's defeat
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said Wednesday that it might be better to frame a joint plan to confront the March 8 Alliance, after the PSP-backed MP failed to win the deputy parliament speaker post.
MP Ghassan Skaff lost to MP Elias Bou Saab of the Free Patriotic Movement on Tuesday. Bou Saab won with 65 votes in a second round of voting and Skaff garnered 60 votes, in what Jumblat called "a defeat of the new majority."
"After yesterday's defeat in electing a deputy speaker as a result of poor coordination, it would be better to frame a joint program that transcends minor disagreements in order to confront the Syrian-Iranian alliance," Jumblat said.
He added that the March 8 Alliance will "avenge its defeat in the parliamentary elections by all means" and "will not have mercy on anyone."
Source: Naharnet
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