Walid WallyJumblat
... Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
is reportedly seeking to normalize ties with the Democratic Gathering bloc to confront the new electoral law that is based on proportional representation.
Al-Liwaa daily said Saturday that Social Affairs Ministers Wael Abou Faour, who is loyal to Jumblat, made a speech on Friday during an event organized by the politicians of the Progressive Socialist Party.
Several members of the Democratic Gathering attended the event, including Karim Hamadeh, the son of deputy Marwan Hamadeh.
MP Hamadeh along with three other politicians split with the Democratic Gathering over the naming of a prime minister in January.
Hamadeh and the three MPs nominated Saad Hariri
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too.
while Jumblat's faction supported
Najib Miqati, who was eventually named prime minister.Al-Liwaa said that the presence of both parties in Friday's ceremony was a sign that Jumblat was seeking to bring the four MPs back to his camp to confront the proportional representation which he has rejected.
Upon his return from Gay Paree, Jumblat will invite the Democratic Gathering MPs to the ceremony organized by the Association of Social Work, the daily added.