Jumblatt: Syrian regime must be punished for violence against protesters

July 24, 2011 ⋅ 7:51 pm ⋅ Post a comment

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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Sunday that “Syria is a wounded country and will only be healed when the people responsible for the crimes against the Syrian people are punished.” He demanded that all political prisoners be released and that hostilities against protestors be halted.

During a visit to Rashaya, Jumblatt called for “releasing all the former and current detainees in Syrian jails, ceasing fire on protesters and refusing every armed activity against institutions, establishments and the Syrian army,” the National News Agency reported.

He also called for “drafting a new constitution that allows [political pluralism] in Syria and opens new horizons for the enormous potential of the Syrian people”

“The Syrian people [have proposed] these ideas and these promises were all pledged by Syrian President Bashar Assad, but appears that some members of the regime don’t want to implement them,” the MP noted, continuing, “Only free people can liberate the oppressed.”

Anti-regime protests erupted in Syria in mid-March. According to activists, the Syrian government’s crackdown on protests has left more than 1,400 civilians dead and thousands jailed.

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Anonymous

“Only free people can liberate the oppressed.”
(gag) Well .. hold on a moment … are you talking from a country that is ‘free’ ??

Anonymous

jumblatt is full of crap, notice how he took the responsibility off of bashar al assad in his crap loaded speech? like as if anything happens in syria without assad’s approval. it is amazing the weasel jumblatt is trying to create room for bashar el assad to weasel out of the responsibility of killing his own people….. ”

““The Syrian people [have proposed] these ideas and these promises were all pledged by Syrian President Bashar Assad, but appears that some members of the regime don’t want to implement them,”
jumblatt ya kalb you have no honor.
”some members of the regime” 2al ….

yi3ni 2irraftouna 7atta n2oul 2inna min libnan 2ad mankoun wiskheen ya wled el zina kilkoun. shou hal 2iyadi haydi?

Anonymous

Getting ready to switch sides again? Feeling the heat now that the regime in Syria is pressed up to the wall?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B2K4S23OFZLXG7ETRIUO4RSLOM Joey

i wish you will shut up and keep looking what can you do in lebanon and how can you improve things for example what about giving back the land thats you stool of the lebanese people during the war what about paying some money for the people that you demolished there home in the shouff enough giving some bullshit advised and go and hide get the lebanese people back there land you wimp by the way your time will come even if bashar go he will kill you the same way he did you father
Anonymous

20 millions syrian are held against there will ,this regeme was never elected by the syrian people ,ever since they took power by force they have killing innocents women and children 100 of thousandsg evrywhere as a result of this criminal regeme
400,000 barrels of oil in syria thats count to 20 billions dollars a year ,it is stolen from the syrian people
100 billions in swiss bank account and 100 billions in iran banks that is where assad has the money hidden

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