Mustaqbal Stresses 'Utmost Importance' of Legislative Session Draft Laws

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc noted Tuesday that draft laws that are of “utmost importance” are on the agenda of the legislative session scheduled for Thursday and Friday, urging all political forces to “preserve both economic security and national unity.”

“The approval of these draft laws would spare Lebanon and the Lebanese a bitter cup,” said the bloc in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

“These draft laws are part of the legislation of necessity because they are aimed at preserving the financial and monetary stability,” the bloc noted, saying it will support “all efforts aimed at finding a solution that would secure holding a session on Thursday.”

Accordingly, Mustaqbal called on all political forces to “exert the necessary efforts to safeguard citizens' economic and financial security and national unity in a simultaneous manner.”

Controversy is shrouding the legislative session and its constitutionality as it is poised to be held amid an expected boycott by the country's main Christian blocs.

The Kataeb Party says it will not attend any parliamentary session before the election of a new president while the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces have cited Speaker Nabih Berri's failure to include the electoral law in the agenda.

Mustaqbal reiterated on Tuesday that “the election of a president is the certain gateway for resolving the current crises in Lebanon,” calling on Hizbullah and the FPM to end their “obstruction.”

The two blocs and some of their allies have been boycotting electoral sessions aimed at choosing a new president for more than a year now. They are demanding that political parties agree on a candidate before heading to parliament for a vote.

Y.R.