Jumblat walks back after describing 'Lebanon First' slogan as 'ridiculous'

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat walked back Friday a statement he had previously made, in which he described a March 14 slogan as ridiculous.

In an interview with al-Akhbar, Jumblat said "time has changed since the days when we raised the ridiculous 'Lebanon First' (Loubnan Awwalan) slogan at the time of the so-called March 14 Alliance."

Jumblat later said in a post on X, formally known as Twitter, that his description was "out of place."

"In my interview with al-Akhbar newspaper, I described 'Lebanon First' as ridiculous, which makes me deny an important era in my history. Therefore, I hope that this description would be considered as inappropriate,” Jumblat wrote on X.