Parliament to Convene Monday Despite Continuous Boycott
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The parliament is expected to hold another session on Monday despite being boycotted previously four times by the several parliamentary blocs over it's agenda.
Speaker Nabih Berri has called on the parliament to convene on September 23 at 10.30 a.m. without changing the agenda of the session.
The session was postponed for a fourth time on August 20 over a lack of quorum.
Several parliamentary blocks boycotted the parliamentary session over a dispute with the speaker over its agenda, which included 45 articles.
Berri insists on keeping the 45 draft-laws on the agenda intact and had previously vowed to continue to call on MPs to a General Assembly meeting until the agenda is discussed.
Caretaker Premier Najib Miqati argues that there is no balance between the powers of the legislative and executive branches amid a resigned government.
20 September 2013, 13:35
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Don't you love it. We pay taxes so that our parliament members could be paid. They get paid then object to work.
Can I go work in a bank or any other company, and if I do not like and I do not agree with the work environment, not show up in protest and still get paid?
20 September 2013, 16:12
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Their monthly salary for them, it seems, is to compensate for their efforts in trying to get elected and little else.
I wish I had studied politics, here it's practically a jackpot for a luxurious, unfazed, effortless retirement from the very moment you're elected. Damn.
21 September 2013, 11:51
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the gvt should SUSPEND all the salaries for the MPs that boycott and don t do the work they are paid for! we ll see if they still boycott after that!
