Berri Calls for Parliamentary Session, Says MPs Have to Do their Job
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Speaker Nabih Berri called on Wednesday for a Nov. 27 parliamentary session where Armenia's president Serzh Sarkisian is scheduled to give a speech.
Berri stressed that parliament will remain active despite the boycott by the opposition March 14 alliance.
“The authority given from the people to the lawmaker does not give him the right not to attend the work of parliamentary committees,” MPs quoted Berri as saying during his weekly meeting with lawmakers.
“He has to do his job,” Berri said after the March 14 coalition criticized him for calling on rapporteurs to lead the meetings of the committees in case their heads boycotted the sessions.
The opposition called for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati's government and announced its boycott of parliamentary activity after it blamed the cabinet for the Oct. 19 assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief Wissam al-Hasan.
Media reports have said Sarkisian will travel to Beirut on Nov. 27 for a three-day visit following the invitation of President Michel Suleiman who visited Yerevan in December last year.
The reports said the Armenian president will in addition to Suleiman meet Berri, Prime Minister Najib Miqati and the representatives of Armenian parties and sects.
14 November 2012, 15:20
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Berri stressed that parliament will remain active despite the boycott by the opposition March 14 alliance.......
Is that the same Berri who shut the doors of Parliament for years? Now he morphed into a someone concerned about serving the people. Poor Lebanon, poor Lebanese.
15 November 2012, 08:09
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Yes I observed one difference. Back then you did not object to him shutting it locked for years, in fact you supported him. While now you are objecting M14 boycotting parliamentary committees and supporting Berri again...... the difference is called HYPOCRISY on your part.
14 November 2012, 15:24
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“The authority given from the people to the lawmaker does not give him the right not to attend the work of parliamentary committees,” MPs quoted Berri as saying during his weekly meeting with lawmakers.
“He has to do his job,” Berri said after the March 14 coalition criticized him for calling on rapporteurs to lead the meetings of the committees in case their heads boycotted the sessions.
it's so funny and sad at the same time Mr Berri that you didn't think the same few years back when you decided to keep the parliament shut for a long long time just because it suited you then. what a joke you are
14 November 2012, 16:26
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berry is burning any bridge that might be left with m14. geagea is right: he can forget of heading the parliament for ever.
14 November 2012, 18:52
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phoenix
what do we reply to this little boy mowaten? such blind sheep following his aoun to the abiss..... :)
15 November 2012, 12:01
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dialogue? with M8? only on the issues they choose? LOL and big LOL!
14 November 2012, 20:15
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looks who's talking !!!! Berri and M8 closed parliament for 2 years...
14 November 2012, 23:52
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The fault is really not on Berri, Hizbullah or Aoun. The fault is and will always remain on M14. They were the ones that allowed Berri to keep his chair, they were the ones that accepted concessions in the government when they really didn't have to.
14 November 2012, 23:52
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The government cannot and will never be a productive place where you have political feuds to settle. The place for political feuds is the house and the parliment.
Regarding M14 boycotting the Parliment, ofcourse why not? Heck I don't think even going for election while the other side holds weapons against you, and your political heads are being assassinated by a *mysterious force* that does not kill but M14 politicians is a fair election.
There will be no true democracy or a fair political ground until weapons are separated from politics and political parties. Hizbullah cannot be military group and run in the elections. It's like allowing Generals in the Army to run for parliment and rule the government (granted there has been times where they are allowing the General of the Army to run for President but thats in unique situations, but it shouldn't be allowed either).
15 November 2012, 12:02
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did we hear berry make that same call when his friends shut down the parliament? never... now he is posing as a defender of institutions? LOL! M8 hypocrisy at its best....
