Report: Bassil 'insists' on holding session over confidence in Bou Habib
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil is keen on holding a Parliamentary session to discuss withdrawing confidence from Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, OTV said Thursday.
The TV station said that Bassil wants the session to be held, "despite that some parties are trying to strip the session of its quorum."
The session will be held today, Thursday, after the Lebanese Forces MPs had called for it over accusations related to the distribution of polling stations abroad.
"Expats must be distributed on the polling stations that are geographically closer to them," LF chief Samir Geagea said, accusing Bassil and "his team at the Foreign Ministry" of committing "a crime against expats abroad, instead of facilitating their voting process."
Bou Habib for his part, said he is ready for the session "to answer all the questions with transparency."
"The main goal is to hold the expats' polls," he said in a call with al-Jadeed.
He explained that Geagea had talked to him about the issue but that he can not "take instructions" from a party.
"They wanted me to do what they want," he said, adding that he only takes instructions from Cabinet or a court.
Source: Naharnet
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