Central – Jumblatt raises a controversy… a turn that may extend until the presidential elections

It seems that the speech that the head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, gave on Monday night to a Jordanian station left several interpretations raised by his flexible positions and messages of rapprochement towards “Hezbollah” in contrast to the distinct and even critical positions of the parties in the anti-Hezbollah camp, which spread impressions About a new repositioning operation by Jumblatt, who confirmed that he will meet with officials of “Hezbollah” soon. Perhaps what raised questions regarding this talk, which many considered as a turning point with implications that may extend until the presidential election, is that Jumblatt took a sharp position on the issue of calling for Lebanon’s neutrality, which in practice constituted a negative position on the part of the Maronite Patriarch and came to complement Jumblatt’s position before that on the issue of Archbishop Moussa Hajj. According to “Al-Nahar”. In the face of these new clouds that appeared on the political horizon, the Secretary of the Democratic Gathering bloc, MP Hadi Abul-Hassan, initiated an attempt to dispel some of the tense atmosphere. It is clear from the constants that do not change on the issue of sovereignty, the Arabness of Lebanon and the Palestinian cause. He said: “There is a specialty in the mountain as a result of the circumstances that surrounded it, and yesterday, the party’s leader, Walid Jumblatt, talked regarding agreeing on the main addresses with the Lebanese Forces and March 14, with differentiation in other matters.” He asked, “Can anyone say that Jumblatt or the party has abandoned its principles, the Palestinian cause and its principles? Have we changed our view on the Arab-Israeli conflict, and have we relinquished Lebanon’s sovereignty? We affirm our steadfastness on the position.”
He added, “There are major changes taking place, and there is an Iranian-American negotiation that is nearing its end. We do not aim to be a weighty egg and we will be a weighty bloc. Let us coordinate at a minimum for the interest of Lebanon, and frankly and clearly, Jumblatt or the Democratic Gathering does not have a candidate for the presidency of the republic, but rather the important thing.” It is the program starting with the reform files in electricity and smuggling and the issue of absorbing weapons in the defense strategy, and this is what Walid Jumblatt expressed yesterday, and whoever adopts a program that convinces us is welcome.”