Jumblat: Leave the Issue of Feb. 14 Rally Participation to Last Minute
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat reiterated that he would visit Damascus at the "appropriate time" although he said he "hasn't received any invitation yet."
"Whenever I receive an invitation, I will announce it and announce when I am going," Jumblat told An Nahar daily in remarks published Monday.About his participation in the Feb. 14 mass rally on the occasion of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's 5th assassination anniversary, the Druze leader said: "Leave this (issue) to me and to the last minute in terms of the size of the participation or the way" we will participate.
"Rafik Hariri does not belong to a certain faction. He would have preferred for the event to be an occasion for the entire country," Jumblat added.
In his weekly editorial to his party's Al-Anbaa newspaper, Jumblat warned that the participation of public employees in municipal elections would lead to politicizing the work of the municipalities.
At the regional level, Jumblat said: "It is urgent to renew attempts at achieving the Palestinian national reconciliation away from tight factional sensitivities or considerations, because this reconciliation is the only path to face Israel and its settlements expansion plans."
"The persistence of Palestinian divisions will leave more negative effects on the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause and will destroy any real chance at defiance," Jumblat added.
