Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt on Monday launched an attack on Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s government, accusing it of adopting a policy of obscurity.
This is the first public criticism by Jumblatt against the current government.
“What is this government hiding? Its president did not mention a word about reform… [What about] the electricity sector, protecting the industry, controlling legal and illegal borders, ignoring the coronavirus, judicial appointments... and others?” he said on Twitter.
He went on to accuse the government of “spreading bankruptcy and seeking revenge against a political class through the tools of hatred and total darkness.”
In contrast, Jumblatt had last week called for supporting Diab’s cabinet.
“In light of these massive crises of coronavirus, electricity and Eurobonds, the government must be supported above narrow considerations, because if the void comes again, we will all fall into the unknown,” he said in a tweet.
