Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Monday that it would have been preferable if “Lebanon’s representative at the Arab league remained silent” over the issue of the Syrian situation and abid

Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Monday that it would have been preferable if “Lebanon’s representative at the Arab league remained silent” over the issue of the Syrian situation and abided by “the policy of disassociation in order to protect Lebanon’s credibility.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour on Sunday requested the Arab League put an end to Syria’s suspension from the Arab League and the economic sanctions imposed upon it.

In his weekly article published in the Al-Anbaa newspaper, Jumblatt said that the Arab League initiative to resolve the Syrian situation seems to have “reached a dead end.”

“Syria is heading toward more violence and is gradually drowning in a civil war due to subsequent refusal of all initiatives and proposals, (preferring) instead security and repressive solutions,” Jumblatt said.

He added that “the Arab League has attempted to resolve the Syrian situation, but (it’s proposals) have been rejected by (the Syrian regime).”

The PSP leader added that “not less than 20, 000 Arab observers” should have been sent to Syria in light of the country’s total surface.