Berri Hopes LF Would Attend Dialogue
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Speaker Nabih Berri has expressed hope that the Lebanese Forces would announce its support for the dialogue session that he has called for.
“If (LF chief Samir) Geagea decided not to participate in the dialogue, then I would understand his stance because he hadn't participated in the previous all-party talks under the chairmanship of former President Michel Suleiman at Baabda Palace,” Berri told his visitors.
“In addition, Geagea doesn't have representatives in the government,” said the speaker, whose remarks were published in several newspapers on Friday.
“If he decided to attend, then I will be glad” about his decision, Berri added.
Geagea is expected to announce his stance on Saturday. All other parties that were invited to the dialogue said they would attend the talks.
The speaker, who also heads Amal Movement, reiterated that the presidential deadlock tops the agenda of the talks.
The rival parties are expected to discuss ways to end the vacuum at Baabda Palace, the resumption of the work of parliament and the cabinet, a new electoral draft-law, legislation allowing Lebanese expats to obtain the nationality, administrative decentralization and ways to support the army and the Internal Security Forces.
The speaker stressed to his visitors that the agenda of the talks is “neither the Qoran nor the Bible. The conferees can start discussing any of the items.”
But he said that an agreement on the presidential crisis would facilitate discussion on the rest of the issues.
G.K.
D.A.
04 September 2015, 08:03
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FT, Slammerz, Mowaten, Basso14 and I are the 5 most informative posters on naharnet by 5 country miles. No wonder our posts are always in the VIP section of the top rated comments. Yes, no wonder.
04 September 2015, 08:03
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I hope Mr. Emile Rahmeh will be invited to the dialogue session. He has a lot to say
04 September 2015, 08:04
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Dear Speaker
Mowaten, the_roar, and I would like to attend the dialogue session.
04 September 2015, 08:04
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we also like to attend and hope KSA will not veto our attendance
04 September 2015, 08:05
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I was invited but I declined. I am against corruption and with the Youth Movement.
04 September 2015, 08:13
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I am the_roar: I am a regular "elusive" poster on naharnet. I have 49 fake accounts and I live on this forum 24/7. I make fake accounts and insult people when I have no argument or debate. I am a Shia who pretends not to speak Arabic and claims to live in Australia. I know every street in Lebanon and every MP's name despite my claim that I am 3rd generation Australian and having never been to Lebanon. I tell people I don't post on weekends to give them the impression I have a life. I lie and lie and lie and think people believe me.
My best friend is mowaten.
04 September 2015, 08:17
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Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the dialogue session because I have a hairdressers's appointment on the same day. I need to color my hair, sorry.
04 September 2015, 08:19
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We also cannot attend because on that day we will be at the Lebanese-Syrian border waiting for a huge loot coming in and we need Assem's car to bring it in.
04 September 2015, 08:21
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Why was I not invited? I can explain the benefits of dialogue
04 September 2015, 08:24
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Sorry we cannot be there with you, but our hearts are with you
04 September 2015, 08:35
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Please, I want you all to go and gather in one place, and then I will do the rest.
04 September 2015, 08:35
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If Sayyed Hassan can send representatives to the dialogue session why can't I?
04 September 2015, 08:38
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While I cannot be with you, I am hoping the Speaker will include an Alawi representative from Jabal Mohsen in the dialogue session
04 September 2015, 08:39
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I am all for dialogue and no assassinations please! What is past is past
04 September 2015, 08:41
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I demand the Ansarullah from Yemen be at the dialogue sessions
04 September 2015, 08:42
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i wonder if there are any height restrictions on attendees ? I hope I can make the cut
04 September 2015, 08:48
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@lebjack
I know flamethrower respects you as much as I do. He asked me to ask you if you know why he was banned?
04 September 2015, 08:49
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I demand that Syrian refugees be represented in the dialogue sessions.
04 September 2015, 08:50
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I am a Lebanese of mixed ethnicity and I demand we be represented in the dialogue.
04 September 2015, 08:53
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Parking Meters should not be allowed during the dialogue sessions. They are too expensive
04 September 2015, 09:25
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Allo allo beirut min fadlak ya 3aynayyeh
Libnaaaaan Ya 2t3it Samaaaaa
04 September 2015, 09:26
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As long as the illegal arms of the islamist militia hizbolla are not tackled, all forms of dialogue are futile.
04 September 2015, 10:10
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Useless dialogue with a party who holds a revolver on your head.
04 September 2015, 10:32
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Talk Talk!
that is what all lebanese politicions are good at, and the more we listen to them the more we are like them.
04 September 2015, 14:30
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Farsh adeem wou mtakhtakh, eklol 3et. Berri and all these rubbish parties trying to stem the tide of a popular revolt, looking everyday more like used trash bags fit only to be thrown into the dumps of history and for good. Wlak ya ekhwet el keza wou keza, ma ento kharabtoo lal balal, nahabtoo and now you want to open a dialog. El 3ama bi 2loubkoun shou hal bootah.
04 September 2015, 15:30
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أنا مواطن اؤمن بالحوار كسبيل وحيد لحل مشاكل الناس الحياتية
أنا لا أحبذ شريعة الغاب بالضرب والقتل والمرجلة بغض النظر عما اذا كان غريمي اضعف او أقوى مني
لذلك أنا ارى ان من واجب كل القوى السياسية في لبنان المشاركة بحوار ٩ أيلول
انه واجب وليس مجرد تمني لانه لا حلول اذا بقي كل فريق خلف متراسه وحتى في حالة الحضور وضع أنفسنا مكان من نحاور حتى نفهمه للحصول على نتيجة
على كل فريق التعالي عن أنانيته وحب الذات
اما فيما يخص حركة "طلعت ريحتكم" فاني أتمنى على منظميها ان لا " يكبروا الحجر" واعني بذالك ان لا يبالغوا كثيرا في مطالبهم مخافة الضياع والتشرزم. يكفينا الان حل مؤقت للنفايات والمطالبة بإلحاح بانتخاب رءيس للجمهورية حتى باقل من ثلثي المجلس اذا تعذر ذالك
