Extension of Parliament's Term Likely during Nov. 5 Session
Speaker Nabih Berri scheduled on Thursday a parliamentary session for November 5, which media reports suggested will be used to extend the parliament's term.
The National News Agency said that Wednesday's session will be aimed at studying and approving draft-laws.
The speaker had however revealed earlier that he will use the meeting to extend parliament's term, reported al-Mustaqbal daily.
The controversial extension of parliament's term has created differences among the parties of the rival March 8 and 14 camps.
The Lebanese Forces and Kataeb Party of the March 14 alliance oppose the extension, while their ally, the Mustaqbal Movement, supports it.
The Free Patriotic Movement of the March 8 camp also rejects the extension.
The term of the current parliament was extended in 2013 over security reasons and the political parties' failure to agree on an electoral law.
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