Berri to call for legislative session 'whenever needed' despite some MPs objections
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will call for a legislative session whenever the need arises, he told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Thursday.
Many MPs including al-Kataeb and Change MPS, Michel Mouawad and other independent lawmakers had criticized a parliamentary session that discussed a letter by ex-President Michel Aoun. They walked out after voicing their objection.
"Parliament must only convene to elect a new president," al-Kataef chief MP Sami Gemayel said back then.
But Berri told the daily that he will call for Parliament to convene once the joint parliamentary committees finalize the capital control law.
"I will immediately call for a legislative session to pass the law," he said.
Source: Naharnet
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