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Lebanon's Jumblatt calls for dialogue
Dialogue is the only solution to the political standoff in Lebanon, opposition figure Walid Jumblatt said in comments published on Wednesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:35 April 23, 2008
Beirut: Dialogue is the only solution to the political standoff in Lebanon, opposition figure Walid Jumblatt said in comments published on Wednesday.
Lebanon has been without a president since last November because the parliament has not formally elected a president.
"The crisis will only be resolved through dialogue whereby each side makes meaningful concessions to the other side," Jumblatt told the pro-opposition daily As-Safir.
Parliament speaker Nabih Berri had called for dialogue to tackle the matters of dispute: the formation of a national unity government and the drafting of a new electoral law.
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora rejected the call, insisting that Berri needed to convene a session of parliament to elect a new president first.
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