[Iran Press TV] Leader of Leb's Progressive Socialist Party Walid WallyJumblat
... who's been on every side in Leb at least four times...
says his new National Struggle Front will support Hezbullies resistance movement.
"The National Struggle Front [in the parliament] has the same principles, which are based on the history of the party and the struggle for Arabism," Jumblatt said.
"Now the [policy of the] party is in line with [the policies of] Syria and the Resistance,"
That'd be the Hezbullies, natch...
he added.
He made the remarks at the first extraordinary general assembly of the bloc, after the split of his Democratic Gathering bloc in the parliament, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday.
The Democratic Gathering bloc split up when four politicians formerly affiliated with Jumblatt decided to side with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri while the Druze leader and seven politicians loyal to him voted for opposition candidate Najib Miqati for the position of premiership.
The division prompted Jumblatt to re-establish his National Struggle Front.
The recent move tilted the balance of power in Leb in favor of the Lebanese opposition led by Hezbullies and came as a shock to the March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
th alliance led by Saad Hariri.
The move as indicated by Jumblatt's Press Secretary Ramy Rayis was due to the recent release of videos in which former Prime Minister Saad Hariri was holding talks with one of the false witnesses who gave fake testimony in the case of the liquidation of his father and the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
Special Tribunal for Leb probed the liquidation of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri who was killed on February 14, 2005 in a massive car boom kaboom in capital Beirut.
Saad Hariri's government collapsed earlier this month after 11 Hezbullies ministers and their allies resigned over tensions stemming from the tribunal.
According to unconfirmed reports, the US-backed tribunal is likely to issue an indictment against some Hezbullies members.
The popular Lebanese Resistance Movement has vehemently denied involvement in the liquidation, denouncing STL as an Israeli-American plot trying to sow discord in the country.
Leb's President Michel Suleiman appointed Miqati as prime minister designate on Tuesday after 68 out of the 125 members of parliament expressed support for him.