Jumblat: March 8, 14 Camps Seeking Electoral Law that Caters to Their Own Interests
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat refused to be affiliated to any of the rival March 8 and 14 camps, saying that he and Prime Minister Najib Miqati “lie in the same boat,” reported the daily An Nahar Sunday.
He told the daily: “The rival camps are seeking to adopt a parliamentary electoral law that caters to their own interests.”
“They act as if the country only belongs to them. Neither side is willing to make concessions or consider the possibility that a third party or minority exists in Lebanon and seeks different goals than them,” he said.
“Each camp believes that whichever side is victorious in the parliamentary elections will be able to take over the country and eliminate the other,” added Jumblat.
Asked about the solution to the current political deadlock, the MP replied: “I don't know. The two camps should realize that I am not affiliated to either of them.”
“A third and centrist opinion exists in Lebanon and this third choice must be represented in the parliamentary elections,” he stressed.
On the March 14-led opposition's demand for the resignation of the government, he commented: “Miqati and I are in the same boat. We either sink or swim together.”
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