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Jumblat Says Won't Rejoin March 14, Accuses Aoun of 'Paralyzing Everything'
[An Nahar] Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Wally Jumblat
... Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
 has announced that he does not intend to rejoin the March 14 camp, slamming the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
 as an "irrational" political movement that is "paralyzing everything."

Commenting on his recent trip to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face...
 in an interview to be published on Saturday, Jumblat hoped to restore his previous relation with the kingdom, saying Riyadh was dismayed by his support in 2011 for the nomination of Prime Minister Najib Miqati for premiership following the collapse of Saad Hariri
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.
's government.

"I have not changed my stance: that (political) shift was necessary in order to spare the country sectarian tensions and to enter a transitional period," Jumblat said.

He added that restoring the relation with the kingdom was the focus of his meeting in Saudi Arabia with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, stressing that talks did not tackle the Lebanese affairs.

Jumblat lamented the presence of "an irrational movement led by (MP) Michel Aoun
...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
 that is paralyzing everything."

"Unfortunately, Hizbullah is complying with his wishes," Jumblat said, accusing Aoun of "seeking to control all the organs of the state: judiciary, security, politics, administration and elections."

Asked about the relation with the March 14 camp, Jumblat said: "Our political interests may coincide over the issue of proportional representation, but I won't rejoin March 14."

"They don't want to engage in dialogue over the issue of weapons and this is a central point of contention," he added.
Posted by: Fred 2012-05-05
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