Berri Calls for Parliamentary Session, Says MPs Have to Do their Job
Speaker Nabih Berri called on Wednesday for a Nov. 27 parliamentary session where Armenia's president Serzh Sarkisian is scheduled to give a speech.
Berri stressed that parliament will remain active despite the boycott by the opposition March 14 alliance.
“The authority given from the people to the lawmaker does not give him the right not to attend the work of parliamentary committees,” MPs quoted Berri as saying during his weekly meeting with lawmakers.
“He has to do his job,” Berri said after the March 14 coalition criticized him for calling on rapporteurs to lead the meetings of the committees in case their heads boycotted the sessions.
The opposition called for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati's government and announced its boycott of parliamentary activity after it blamed the cabinet for the Oct. 19 assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief Wissam al-Hasan.
Media reports have said Sarkisian will travel to Beirut on Nov. 27 for a three-day visit following the invitation of President Michel Suleiman who visited Yerevan in December last year.
The reports said the Armenian president will in addition to Suleiman meet Berri, Prime Minister Najib Miqati and the representatives of Armenian parties and sects.
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