Berri: Conditions Not Ripe to Hold Presidential Elections on Wednesday, Hopes Hariri Will Attend
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةSpeaker Nabih Berri voiced his skepticism that the parliamentary session to elect a president will be held, saying that the conditions to ensure its success are “not ripe yet,” reported As Safir newspaper on Friday.
He remarked: “The conditions may not be ripe at the moment, but that does not mean that they will not be available before next Wednesday.”
The speaker had called parliament to convene on April 23 to elect a president.
Asked if head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri will attend the session, Berri replied: “I hope so and that he would remain in Lebanon permanently.”
Media reports had linked a recent visit by Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi to Saudi Arabia to Hariri's return to Lebanon to attend the presidential elections session.
Commenting on the session, Berri said that he will kick it off once the quorum of two-thirds of lawmakers is met and then the election process could get underway.
“If a president is elected during this first round, then the elections would be complete, otherwise a second or third round may be held,” he explained.
In addition, he revealed that he will chair a meeting for his Development and Liberation bloc on Tuesday in order to discuss the presidential elections and agree on a candidate, said al-Joumhouria newspaper.
“The March 8 camp only has one candidate and that is Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun. The March 14 alliance on the other hand has several candidates,” he remarked.
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea of the March 14 alliance is so far the only official to submit his candidacy.
He presented his presidential program on Wednesday.
Media reports had said on Thursday that Kataeb Party chief Amin Gemayel, also of the March 14 camp, will announce his nomination before the end of the week.
The March 8 camp has not yet announced its candidate, but Aoun has reportedly informed his ally Hizbullah that he is prepared to take the post if there was consensus on him.
Aoun has allegedly sent similar messages to Hariri, who leads the March 14 camp.
Berri has said that any candidate must secure two-thirds of votes to win in the first round of elections and half-plus-one or 65 votes of the 128-member parliament to win in the second round.
http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/863817/echeance-presidentielle-attention-fromagistes-.html
“ Bashar Assad was scolding both Rifaat and Ali Eid angrily for wasting the social and financial assistance provided by the Syrian regime in the past to the Alawites in the Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen. When Rifaat tried to defend himself, Assad told him sharply to shut up, and addressed both ADP leaders, saying ‘Now you both stay here while we figure out what we will do,’” a source present at the meeting said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Apr-17/253597-eids-residing-in-damascus-told-to-stay-put.ashx#axzz2zD3biuV4
Here is what the anti-democracy clan's views on the elections:
ضو “كتلة الوفاء للمقاومة” النائب كامل الرفاعي اعتبر أن “الجلسة الاولى لانتخاب رئيس الجمهورية الاربعاء المقبل ستكون لجس النبض وتحفيز المرشحين على اعلان ترشحهم ورؤيتهم المستقبلية حول كيفية التعاطي مع الشرائح اللبنانية كافة”, مضيفا “حتى الساعة لا نعتقد ان هناك انتخابات رئاسية جدية”. ولفت الى “ان ابتداء من الجلسة المقبلة سيبدأ الحراك على الارض ما سيؤدي الى فرز المرشحين الجديين وحينها تبدأ عملية المساومة أو الحوار للوصول الى مرشح توافقي أو سنخوض معركة انتخابية”, مشيرا الى “ان 8 آذار لن تعلن عن مرشحها الرئاسي قبل الاربعاء المقبل لان بروز المرشحين الاساسيين سيأخذ فترة طويلة بالتزامن مع الاتفاق الدولي والاقليمي والداخلي, و25 مايو المقبل سيكون الموعد الحاسم في الشأن الرئاسي”. وقال “العماد عون المرشح الابرز لـ8 آذار وبعده يأتي النائب سليمان فرنجية, لا يمكننا حسم هذا الموضوع حاليا بسبب انتظارنا للعوامل الدولية والاقليمية وللأزمة السورية التي تلعب دورا كبيرا في تحديد شخصية الرئيس”.
phoenix
I second your call, and hopefully all who have multiple accounts can be identified.
especially those working just on voting people down, as I believe you must have noticed their voting machine?
as I said above, from my past extensive experience in IT and Telecom, IP addresses can be sniffed and they can clearly clarify who is who.
I am against multiple accounts as much as I am against takfiris and Iranian extremists.
I would ask you and any other reasonable poster to refrain from extremist attacks on fellow posters, like those attacks you launched this past week, so that this forum remains a bit clean from extremist ideas.
as far as ft and mowaten wishing for my death on daily basis: well we all know they are not reasonable so.... and they are m8 extremists.....
FT, now we got Geha's OK for the Mod team to expose everyone here, single users and multiple users. I call on everyone here to give their OK too. Thanks bro.
so you wer with the LF or Kataeb? what was your job? wer you in combat? when did you leave lebanon? which battles wer you involved in?... just wondering
loser.. what does my name have anything to do with the subject. i asked you simple questions. maybe im trying to reunite with my fellow friend.
Just for the record to both Geha and Falanges. I was in Lebanon in December and I now live in Australia. I can confirm 100% that Phoenix1 was Kataeb and was and is still LF. I can tell you that he was also very close to Bashir. I'm sorry to get involved Phoenix but I couldn't allow this BS to continue. Happy Easter to everyone on the forum. Do you want LF nicknames Falanges to confirm? I can give you my private email if you are doubting Phoenix. I can't post them on the forum.
Lebanon4ever, thanks bro for your support. Falanges is just another one of them multiple users. Something about us bothers him and I wonder. But rest assured, I will remain nice and sweet to them all, their game is old, too old. By the way, please post it in public, maybe if they still can think with one brain instead of the fragmented ones, maybe they'll finally come to grips. Happy Easter to you too bro, Fa nabqa.
i have 1 account here and am personally close to Gemayel family.. we would probably know each other if you both L4E and phx are speaking truth
I know FT, just my being sarcastic and witty, but then I came back to seriousness, and gave a few hints, love to get some people mad. But I am beginning to see that Falanges was probably one of us LF.
Yash, forgot the real thread. Mr. Berri, no more delays, like you did to parliament, to cabinet, to the top army post. Anyone who makes it to the most votes will become president and good luck to him, otherwise it will be our beloved general Michel Suleiman who will remain for another 3 years. That simple, so Mr. Berri, make up your mind will you, no delays.
Asked if head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri will attend the session, Berri replied: “I hope so and that he would remain in Lebanon permanently.”
That can be taken more than one way. Rafiq Hariri is "in Lebanon permanently". Hariri is wise to stay away from the bullet or bomb that is waiting for his return to Lebanon. Absent Hariri, the Sunni parties of Lebanon are left with clerics with turbans and long beards as their political leaders. And these guys are not shy to make room for themselves by killing those who stand in their way, so, no better for Hariri to remain with the living than to "be in Lebanon permanently".
I have known for a long time that phoenix1 is a fake, and I will not engage with him anymore. Just look how TaqiyaThrower and Southern defend him as an example of who his friends are. Not to mention his daily fudge-packing with the-bore and wolf.
The biggest is joke is when "lebnon4ever" comes to vouch for phoenix1, as if one anonymous poster can vouch for another anonymous poster's true identity.
Anyone who disagrees with phoenix1, he will insult them and accuse them of having multiple screen names, unless they are pro-Hezbollah..... as you will notice he NEVER accuses pro-Hezbollah posters of having multiple screen names.
The purpose of the paid Iranian propagandists on this site is to try to sway public opinion, and they have failed miserably. They know that Aoun will never become president. They cried bloody murder that Rifi must retire at age 60, yet see no problem with a man of 80 years old becoming president for a 6 year term.
Decisions decisions, will the C&R and FPM MPs roll over and play dead or will they stand up to Berri or more accurately Hezbollah and insist on a session next Wednesday to elect a new president.
Sorry to disappoint you phoenix1, but I only post as people-power for the last three years.
You just can't face the fact that multiple people don't agree with you and are put off by your sanctimonious BS.
I do not hate Bachir Gemayel, he was a good man.
And I don't hate all the Shiite, far from it. I don't hate anyone based on religious beliefs. But I am strongly against a foreign militia terrorist organization, controlled by a fanatic theocratic dictator in a foreign country, which is a cancer eroding away at the state of Lebanon.
One last thing Mr Sanctimonious, I have no room for hate in my life. Period. I live a positive life style, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Rather than attacking me, you should instead respond to the points I made in my posts.
phoenix
maybe you are right, but that applies to several m8 guys too, and I do not see you pushing their cover! why?
to the contrary you befriend those m8 guys!
so many questionable behaviors....
Sorry to disappoint you phoenix1, but I only post as people-power for the last three years.
You just can't face the fact that multiple people don't agree with you and are put off by your sanctimonious BS.
I do not hate Bachir Gemayel, he was a good man.
And I don't hate all the Shiite, far from it. I don't hate anyone based on religious beliefs. But I am strongly against a foreign militia terrorist organization, controlled by a fanatic theocratic dictator in a foreign country, which is a cancer eroding away at the state of Lebanon.
One last thing Mr Sanctimonious, I have no room for hate in my life. Period. I live a positive life style, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Rather than attacking me, you should instead respond to the points I made in my posts.
phoenix
yes why don't you answer what we are wondering about?
in my case namely, why are you focused on attacking one person, while you be friend all m8 guys who have multiple accounts?
several posters would like to understand your point of view.
we are not attacking you, and we are not judging you: just asking for clarifications before passing judgment.
Tex, Assad has always used blackmail over the West, but this time he is wasting his time, by and large Lebanon has remained stable, and a lot of the credit goes to decent people like president Suleiman and general Qahwaji, time will honor their selfless hard work, soon.
I know Tex, which is why people like me have been posting to warn of that vacuum. But today a guy I know well said that in case they want to create a vacuum, then the option will go to keep Suleiman in power or have general Qahwaji take over. it's an option that is on the table, so I hope that it will not come to this, but to have the one with the most votes get elected. Berri is just maneuvering for the Syrians it seems, but he will fail. he says this, but will make it happen next week, hopefully.
Assteez Nabih has not only ripened on his seat, he's rotted and he's stinking up the place.
Phoenix1..... Practice what you preach, and there will be no problem. Respond to the points in my comments, instead of insulting me, and you will get better results.
You said you have "proof" that I have multiple screen names. It is impossible for you to have "proof" of this, because it is not true, which makes you a liar. I'm not insulting you, I am stating a fact. I post as one screen name. What you said is a lie, and until you apologize for that, I won't discuss with you further.
You said I hate Bachir Gemayel, and that I hate all Shiites. That is not true and is another lie. If you lie about me, and insult me, how do you expect me to respond to you?
You have insulted me in the past, and that's why I stopped trying to engage with you. I agree with some of your posts, actually I agree lately more often than disagree.
I do regret saying I agree with you more than I disagree, was trying to be nice. I'm done with you
Yes Falanges, I have a gay son, and this is why he is so upset with me every time I post. He also happens to be your elder brother, you know Bani Maarouf, the one who dresses you like a gal? I knew I shouldn't have left you alone in the Shouf, sorry kids.
I am in favor of a strong state. My opponent is the Iranian terrorist militia, controlled by a foreign entity that is squeezing the life out of the state.
My outrage is against a foreign country who ordered the murders of Hariri Gemayel, Tueni, Kassir, Hawi, Eid, Al Hassan, Eido, Chatah and others.
My anger is at the terrorists who carried out the murders above, and who also tried to kill Murr, Hamadeh, Chidiac and Harb.
To me, this is the big elephant in the room, and everything else in meaningless until the culprits are brought to justice.
Phoenix, don't respond to me any more. You are a paranoid and a fake. You and wolf make a nice team.
phoneyix is the one with multiple accounts and multiple personalities. go see a doctor.... AL lol
dear phoenix
why are you misrepresenting things?
due to your insult and hate sectarian calls the pst week, I launched a warning about you, and that is it.
again you are confirming my warning with all the fowl language you are using!
you confirmed my warnings.
I am with you brother Wolf 100%, Phoenix the sentinel is here to catch them, one by one.
go enjoy the sun with family, is it not easter for u ? Or u prefer ur cyber-crusade and bashir propaganda ?
yes phoenix is 100% with his brother wolf :)
is there a need for more clarifications?
just look who is defending him all along, with fake accounts and official m8 accounts :)
let there be light :)
(1) Geha and Cedre. Gooood morning everyone, hope you all had a great Good Friday. OK, now to basics, first things first, You, yes You Geha, and you Cedre, since you ya Geha are so tech-savvy, you know well about these software that can detect duplicate character writing, so you can ascertain beyond reasonable doubt that Wolf and I are not the same person. Then you know, Wolf is M8 and I am M14. Then back to the two of you, you are accusing me of sectarianism, why, because I celebrated the death of a Takfiri? Wlak Allah maye reddo, la 7afad sermeyteh, so geha, this is why you went on the rampage warning on every thread about me?
(2) Geha and Cedre. You sounded more like a drama queen, just like a couple of weeks ago, shrieking your calls to the Mods to ban a certain fellow poster. Then you and Cedre, maybe your time of hypocrisy has come to an end, both of you are truly despicable characters, only earlier this week you were gloating the death of the Al Manar journalists that got killed in Syria, some of you even went as far as reflecting the worst sectarian trait ever, now you want to pin on me your genetic sickness of sectarianism? Please, if you suffer from that problem, keep it to yourself. Just to remind you, yes, I hate every Takfiri, and I wish them all the bad of the world to befall them, if you love them, well, too bad for you guys, life is karma indeed, they came in to Syria, let them perish there.
Geha, you see, Wolf's shoes are clean enough for you to lick, so get started. You are the worst sectarian hiding under false pretenses, drama queen,warning, warning, warning. Low character indeed you are.
Are you jealous ya Geha? Not a good thing this jealousy. Wolf is one of my brodas, OK, live with it now.
AL, you already ran away to Australia coward. come to Lebanon and talk... instead of hiding behind your PC and posting garbage.
stay on this forum thank God you already left my county long ago. go get laid call L4E your due for some pump action... AL the fake
Cityboy, thanks for your support, read my posts of today, I got them all for you, especially that Durzi fool who keeps creating every day a new idiot to reflect his utter stupidity. I also got his boyfriends too. They hate my respect for people, my respect for Sayed Hassan, maybe they cannot yet get to grips how an LFer can show so much quality towards others, maybe they hate the people who live above their gutters. OK City, I must flush my toilet, these sewage people need to make a living. Swish.....sa7teyn ya shabeb, enjoy....
True Samy, but charity starts at home, it's always wise not to fool yourself either.
Cityboy, Geha, Cedre are two Sunni radicals, Takfiris are for them holy men. Then we have the Durzi gay clown up there in the Shouf, who keeps lying like heavens know what, his anger hit the roof in the Shouf when I exposed him to Coolmec when he was trying to make it look that he lived in Hrajel, just to get Coolmec in Faraya to visit him. between yesterday and today, he created God knows how many fakes, one of them pretending to be an LFer Falanges. I am still waiting to deliver that funny character Falange his sandwich. All the Same @City, we have here some serious sectarian zealots, they try to hide it, but it's all floating to the surface, like what we send them when we flush our toilets. Let them have the courage to name one person other than their mob that uses other accounts, let them. Let the MODS do their job, simple.