Jumblatt and Berri Relationship Unshakeable, Despite Political Tensions: Insights and Updates

2023-06-13 03:45:44

Amid increasing talk regarding a lull in the relationship between Clemenceau and Ain al-Tineh, the head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, told “Republic“Nothing can shake my relationship with Speaker Nabih Berri.”

While the “Democratic Gathering” bloc will vote for former minister Jihad Azour, the “Liqa”’s sources, via Al-Jumhuriya, stressed that this vote is not targeting the Shiite component and does not at all aim at isolating it, “as we know very well the balances and composition of this country, and therefore there is no point in That someone intends to target someone, and therefore, in the context of our support for Azour, we stressed the need for understanding and consensus around him, away from the approach of challenge and imposition.

The sources pointed out that Jumblatt was the first to nominate Azour for the presidency, “and therefore we must be in harmony with ourselves in tomorrow’s session, noting that it might have been better if Azour had adopted a different tactic in managing his candidacy.”

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