Jumblat: Cabinet will Vote Against Participation in Damascus Summit

by **Admin** Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:01 am

Druze leader Walid Jumblat has said Lebanon's boycott of the upcoming Arab summit in Damascus is almost certain because his cabinet ministers will vote against participation.

He told Future TV news on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the assassination of his father Kamal Jumblat that he was against Lebanon's participation in the March 29-30 summit because the Syrian regime was behind all assassinations in Lebanon.

"We won't go to Damascus and obey the Syrian regime's orders," Jumblat stressed Saturday.

When told that the cabinet had the final say, Jumblat said the ministers who represent him in the government "will vote against participation in the summit."

Government sources told An Nahar daily on Sunday that two vetoes are enough to drop the decision to go to Damascus although Jumblat's 'Democratic Gathering' has three cabinet ministers.