Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt announced on Sunday at the opening of the PSP General Assembly at the Beaurivage Hotel that his alliance with the March 14 coalition had been out of necessity and should be terminated.

Jumblatt emphasized the need to reconsider forming a new alliance on a national level “to get rid of biases.”

“The 2009 parliamentary elections resulted in sectarian alliances that should be eliminated,” he said, adding that he is surprised by the majority’s claim that it won the elections.

The PSP leader also said that the majority’s campaign in the elections “rejected the opposition on sectarian, tribal and political levels.

Jumblatt emphasized his desire for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to unearth the truth behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, without countries influencing its decisions and meddling with its results.

He expressed regret about meeting with neoconservatives in the US to protect the Cedar Revolution, describing the meeting as a “black point in the party’s white history.” He also added that it is “not PSP policy to meet with those who have spread chaos in the Middle East, however, our priority was the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.”

He also commented on Lebanese-Syrian relations, emphasizing the necessity of having good relations with Syria now that Syria’s mandate over Lebanon has ended.  

-NOW Staff