Berri Schedules Legislative Session for after Dialogue Session
Speaker Nabih Berri announced on Wednesday that he will hold a legislative session after April 20.
He said during his weekly meeting with lawmakers at his Ain el-Tineh residence that the session will be held after national dialogue talks on that same day.
“Everyone must assume their responsibility towards the interests of the people, which are the foundation of the National Pact,” Berri told the MPs.
The revival of parliament legislation came back to the spotlight last week as some parliamentary blocs said they were in favor of such a move while others totally rejected it in the absence of a president.
Parliament convenes twice a year in two ordinary sessions -- the first starts mid-March until the end of May and the second from the middle of October through the end of December.
But the legislature and the government have been paralyzed as a result of the vacuum at the presidential palace.
Parliament last held a legislative session in November 2015.
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