After talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain al-Tineh on Monday, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat described Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar''s report on the false witnesses issue as "unbiased." Jumblat stressed the importance of "cooperating in order to reach the truth."
He then headed to the Center House for talks with Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
After the meeting, which tackled the current political developments, Jumblat said: "I personally believe that all issues must be tackled through calm, dialogue and general consensus, especially the false witnesses issue, we must not disagree over technicalities, we must pull the country out of this occasional dilemma."
"I believe that Sheikh Saad, Speaker Nabih Berri and President Michel Suleiman possess all the wisdom to take the country out of this state, which is marred by relative worrisome," Jumblat added.
Asked about the stance to be taken by the Democratic Gathering ministers during Tuesday's cabinet session, Jumblat said: "We support general consensus."
The Druze leader has stressed that it is essential to realize the relation between the "rapid" developments in Lebanon and "their regional and international intricacies."
In his weekly column to be published Tuesday in his party's mouthpiece Al-Anbaa, Jumblat warned against "observing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with one eye, as if it is not related to what is happening around us, and as if the developments are not connected or overlapping one way or another, and as if the whole course of the U.N.-backed tribunal is separate from the international developments scene."
"All the previous experiences proved that the stages of any regional settlement had always turned Lebanon into a scene for tension and an arena that is receptive to all political and military conflicts. This is what had happened during the Camp David settlement (between Israel and Egypt) in the late seventies" of last century, Jumblat added.
The Druze leader warned that such regional and international developments would have the same negative repercussions on Lebanon should the Lebanese refuse to join their ranks and tackle things "with a lot of patience, wisdom, calm and understanding."
Jumblat stressed that "honest political will" is apt to protect the country from "falling into the trap of hideous civil strife."
Asked about the stance to be taken by the Democratic Gathering ministers during Tuesday's cabinet session, Jumblat said: "We support general consensus."
The Druze leader has stressed that it is essential to realize the relation between the "rapid" developments in Lebanon and "their regional and international intricacies."
In his weekly column to be published Tuesday in his party's mouthpiece Al-Anbaa, Jumblat warned against "observing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with one eye, as if it is not related to what is happening around us, and as if the developments are not connected or overlapping one way or another, and as if the whole course of the U.N.-backed tribunal is separate from the international developments scene."
"All the previous experiences proved that the stages of any regional settlement had always turned Lebanon into a scene for tension and an arena that is receptive to all political and military conflicts. This is what had happened during the Camp David settlement (between Israel and Egypt) in the late seventies" of last century, Jumblat added.
The Druze leader warned that such regional and international developments would have the same negative repercussions on Lebanon should the Lebanese refuse to join their ranks and tackle things "with a lot of patience, wisdom, calm and understanding."
Jumblat stressed that "honest political will" is apt to protect the country from "falling into the trap of hideous civil strife."
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