Miqati Visits Jumblat after PSP Leader Says to Remain in 'Centrist Camp'
Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Tuesday visited Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat at the al-Mukhtara Palace.
The one-hour meeting tackled the latest developments in the country, state-run National News Agency reported.
The visit comes after Miqati stressed Saturday that he will not resign and lashed out at the March 14 camp that held him responsible for the “blood” of slain Intelligence Bureau head Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan.
It also comes hours before Wednesday's cabinet session, the first since Hasan's assassination.
On Thursday, Jumblat said he had rejected a request from ex-PM Saad Hariri to withdraw his ministers from government, a claim denied by Hariri who accused Jumblat of “lying.”
Jumblat has announced that he will stay in the “centrist camp” together with Miqati, Speaker Nabih Berri and President Michel Suleiman.
Hasan was assassinated in a massive car bombing in Ashrafiyeh on October 19. Two other people were killed and more than 100 wounded, as the blast gutted two apartment buildings.
The opposition March 14 forces have blamed Syria for the attack and demanded the resignation of the Hizbullah-led government.
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