Geagea suggests open-ended vote session instead of Berri's dialogue
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday dismissed Speaker Nabih Berri’s call for dialogue over the country’s next president.
“I was not very relieved when I heard about Speaker Berri's dialogue invitations,” Geagea said at a press conference that followed a meeting for the LF-led Strong Republic bloc.
“We will meet Speaker Berri's call for dialogue but he must call for a presidential vote session as soon as possible, and the MPs and blocs would talk to each other there. It can be an open-ended session and it can take hours and days,” the LF leader suggested.
“The constitutions were created to be implemented,” Geagea said, slamming the MPs who are casting blank and annulled votes and those who are stripping sessions of quorum.
He added: “I would have preferred if Speaker Berri had invited the MPs boycotting the presidential vote to dialogue.”
“The other camp has no real intention for dialogue and consultations,” Geagea noted.
“Nothing indicates that the other camp has a certain candidate,” he charged.
Source: Naharnet
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