What happened during today's parliamentary session?
The futile debate between caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Free Patriotic chief Jebran Bassil over who of the two obstructed the government formation, who should have named the ministers and why wouldn't the FPM MPs give their confidence to Mikati's government, led Thursday to another dispute in parliament as the MPs discussed the legitimacy of the caretaker government.
As parliament convened to discuss a letter by former President Michel Aoun over the legitimacy of the caretaker government, Mikati said that he would have stepped down only if Bassil hadn't called for it.
"Because you wanted that, I did not step down," he said.
But Bassil did not only argue with Mikati, he also argued with Lebanese Forces MP Sethrida Geagea who interrupted Bassil to say that LF chief Samir Geagea is the Christian president chosen by the people.
"Don't disrupt me," Bassil said.
And as some MPs considered that Aoun's letter would incite sectarian strife, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said that he would never accept any sectarian discussion and that "God willing, the intentions are good."
He added that parliament had discussed in the past similar letters, and that "nothing bad had happened."
Source: Naharnet
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