A delegation from the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), headed by PSP leader and MP Taymour Jumblatt, and comprising MPs Wael Abu Faour, Hadi Abu El-Hessen, and Raji al-Saad, as well as Hossam Harb, on Tuesday met with President of the “Free Patriotic Movement’ MP Gebran Bassil, at the Mirna Chalouhi Center.

The meeting took place in the presence of MPs Ghassan Atallah and Cesar Abi Khalil, Political Advisor Antoine Constantine, and FPM Strategic Communication Committee official, Selim Haddad.

After the meeting, MP Abu Al-Hessen said: ‘Our movement today is a political one aimed at creating a dynamic that leads to a common denominator among the Lebanese that can be built upon to overcome the presidential impasse at this critical stage and the Syrian displacement that we have agreed to address.’

He said: ‘Our hand is stretched out. It is not an initiative as much as it is a catalyst for shaking political stagnation, and this political movement, with its outcomes, success and failure, is the responsibility
of all political parties and not the responsibility of one team at all.’

Abu El-Hessen added: “We sensed positivity in the discussion and a positive willingness and flexibility to search for ways out that unite and not divide.’

For his part, MP Abi Khalil said: ‘Today we received the head of the Progressive Socialist Party, Mr. Taymour Jumblatt, at the head of a parliamentary delegation, and we listened to his ideas on the subject of facilitating the presidential elections,’ adding: ‘We meet with Mr. Jumblatt on the goal of ending the vacuum, and we are ready for consultation and dialogue on this matter with flexibility to achieve the goal. We come together in this endeavor and each of us moves in his own way toward the same goal.’

MP Abi Khalil considered that ‘dialogue for the sake of dialogue is useless. Dialogue must lead either to agreeing on a president or going to elections in accordance with the constitution if agreement is not possible.” He added: ‘We are ready to cooperate in everything that woul
d secure the interest of the Lebanese, preserve national unity, and build the state on the basis of balanced partnership between the Lebanese. We appreciate the national initiative undertaken by the President of the Progressive Socialist Party that reflects wisdom and vision in addressing national issues.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon