Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned against the collapse of the Lebanese government and said that the cabinet is “one of the elements of stability” in the country.
“The current government is one of the primary elements that guarantee stability,” Jumblatt said in an interview with As-Safir newspaper published on Wednesday.
He added that “the substitute of the government would be a state of [political] vacuum.”
Jumblatt also said that Speaker Nabih Berri –whom he met with on Tuesday evening –is “making his best in order to protect the cabinet and resolve disputes over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) funding.”
Jumblatt also said that Speaker Nabih Berri –whom he met with on Tuesday evening –is “making his best in order to protect the cabinet and resolve disputes over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) funding.”
“The priority in the current phase should be [unity] between [Lebanese] parties in order to preserve stability.”
The Lebanese government is dominated by Hezbollah and its allies, which are insisting that the country cease all cooperation with the STL, set up in the wake of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder. Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that he will resign if the cabinet fails to provide its funding share.
The UN-backed STL has charged four Hezbollah operatives in connection with the assassination.
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