The majority of the parliamentary blocs, except for the Lebanese Forces, are open to participate in a national dialogue suggested by Speaker Nabih Berri, ad-Diyar newspaper reported Wednesday.
The LF party, unlike the rest, is not interested in a dialogue that might impose a consensual president, the daily added.
Berri had called for national dialogue to find a successor to President Michel Aoun, saying that "without consensus, Lebanon will remain trapped in a whirlpool" and presidential election sessions would be "pointless."
Meanwhile, al-Liwaa newspaper said that Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is also considering to start a dialogue with the parties' leaders and the Christian blocs in order to find a new president.
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