Jumblat: Attempts to Solve Interior Ministry Deadlock Making Progress, Suggested Names ‘Excellent’

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat confirmed to As Safir newspaper on Wednesday that ‘positive indications’ reveal a progress in the attempts to solve the interior ministry stalemate.

The names that are being studied to lead the ministry are “excellent,” he said, hoping that the mediation of Hizbullah with the cooperation of Speaker Nabih Berri would succeed.

The Druze chief told the newspaper that for the best interest of the “broad alliance” that includes the March 8 forces, Premier-designate Najib Miqati, and the PSP, it was no longer acceptable to keep the country in a standstill.

Meanwhile, political sources told pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper that the PSP leader didn’t consult his allies “or some of them at least” before making his latest stance over the cabinet formation delay.

They stressed that the MP wanted to warn the March 8 forces that he will not be part of “the coup” on Miqati, under the pretext that he became an obstacle to the quick formation of the new government.

“Overthrowing Miqati means getting rid of other centrist candidates for the premiership,” the sources told al-Hayat.