Berri Categorically Rejects Any Attempt to Delay Polls, Says Keen on Arab Ties

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced Thursday that he categorically rejects any postponement of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for May 15.

“Lebanon is keen on holding the elections with full transparency and away from any pressures, and it categorically rejects any attempt to postpone them," Berri said in a speech at the 32nd session of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union in Cairo.

The Speaker also stressed “Lebanon’s keenness on building the best relations with its Arab brothers, all Arabs, on the rules of mutual respect for the independence and sovereignty of nations and their security and stability.”