Lebanon: Joumblat Resigns as PSP Leader, to Pass Role to His Son

Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party Druze leader, MP Walid Joumblat announced his resignation from the party’s leadership after 46 years. Joumblat’s resignation, which he announced through the PSP’s Al-Anbaa newspaper on Thursday, paves way for passing the leadership to his son, Taymour. Joumblat called for a party conference on June 25 to choose his successor, and tasked the party’s secretary general to make the necessary preparations.

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