Berri: Policy Statement Focus Should be on Security not Politics
Speaker Nabih Berri has said that the government's policy statement should focus on the security problems that the country is suffering from and avoid controversial political issues.
In remarks to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Thursday, Berri said: “The government has a three-month lifespan. It should prioritize the security situation.”
“There isn't enough time to deal with political issues,” Berri told reporters aboard the plane that carried him from Tehran to Albania, in the first official visit of a Lebanese politician to Tirana.
The speaker told al-Akhbar that he has reached an agreement with Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat to have a common vision on the blueprint.
The ministerial committee tasked with drafting the policy statement met under the chairmanship of Premier Tammam Salam for the first time on Wednesday.
It is coming under pressure to finalize the draft quickly so that the government receives parliament's vote of confidence.
Berri spoke to al-Akhbar after hearing the news on Wednesday's double suicide bombing that targeted an Iranian culture center in the Bir Hassan neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs.
“The government should take a united stance from what happened because terrorism is targeting both the March 8 and 14 alliances,” Berri said.
He expected the March 14 camp to be more encouraged in confronting the wave of bombings that has rocked Lebanon lately.
“The formation of the government improved the conditions of the confrontation,” Berri said.
The speaker met with his Albanian counterpart on Thursday.
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