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Jumblatt voices regret for his past 'improper' criticism of Assad
One of Syria’s harshest critics in Lebanon in the past, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt said his criticism of Syrian President Bashar Assad was “improper” as he called for a new page in relations between the two countries.
Jumblatt’s harshest verbal attack against Assad came on February 14, 2007, in a speech marking former Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination, calling the Syrian leader a “snake” and a “tyrant” and demanding revenge against him.
“These comments were improper, unfamiliar and unsuited to political ethics,” Jumblatt said in a live interview with Al-Jazeera satellite channel late Saturday.
“I said, at a moment of anger, what is improper and illogical against President Bashar Assad. It was a moment of ultimate internal tension and division in Lebanon.”
“Is it possible for them to overcome this moment and open a new page?” he asked.
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Jumblatt voices regret for his past 'improper' criticism of Assad
