Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said in an interview on LBC TV on Sunday evening that “a national unity cabinet is a must, but it has its conditions.”

He rejected the idea of having an obstructing third, calling it a “fallacy.”

He also said that if the March 14 alliance wins the elections, they should not isolate their opponents. “We should not repeat such a mistake. We should resort to dialogue, which is more important than the results of the elections,” he said.

“Very honestly, there was no battle in the Chouf district. The voting was on a political program,” Jumblatt said.

He stressed that the results in Aley should be respected, regardless of their outcome.

Jumblatt also spoke about President Sleiman, saying that his duties should be decided upon.

“I do not have the information Speaker Nabih Berri has about the interference of President Michel Sleiman [in the Jbeil electoral district], and I doubt that the President has interfered,” he said.

“We all attacked the centrist bloc,” Jumblatt concluded.

-NOW Staff