Jumblat Calls on Hariri to Understand Hizbullah’s Structure: March 14’s Campaign against Arms Will Fail
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat voiced his annoyance with the renewal of the political and media dispute between Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hizbullah.
He told the daily An Nahar in remarks published on Saturday: “Based on my experience with Hizbullah and the Shiite sect, Hariri must understand the party’s cultural and ideological structure and its connection with Wilayat al-Faqih.”
The MP revealed that during his latest contact with Hariri, he had requested him to reopen communication with Speaker Nabih Berri and the Hizbullah leadership, advising him against ending contacts with the Shiites.
According to Jumblat, Hariri responded: “Don’t forget what Nasrallah and Berri did to me.”
He made the statement in reference to the resignation of opposition ministers from Cabinet earlier this year that forced his government to resign.
In addition, Jumblat criticized the March 14 camp’s campaign against Hizbullah’s ongoing possession of arms, saying that it will not yield any results.
“Hariri and others must realize that these arms are aimed at protecting the residents of the South,” he stressed.
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