NNA - Progressive Socialist Party Chief Walid Jumblatt stressed today from the "UNESCO" Palace, that "the most important thing today is to elect a president of the republic."

He said, "The largest battle now is not with the constitutionally and politically clear presidential powers, but rather the problem lies with electing a president and later forming a credible government that will launch the reforms required to start an economic and financial rescue."

Jumblatt added that the Taif Accord is very essential because it contributed to ending the war that Lebanon witnessed over a period of 15 years. However, he considered that before discussing any Taif amendments, we must first implement it to reach the abolition of political sectarianism.

"In the various Taif clauses, there is a provision providing for the establishment of the Senate, which has not yet been implemented. This demand was mentioned in the memorandum of the Druze Supreme Committee to former President Amin Gemayel, but we clashed with the Syrian regime with a categorical rejection because the regime does not want to give the Druze in Lebanon an additional privilege that may be reflected on the Druze of Syria," Jumblatt concluded.

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