Independent MPs to meet Tuesday over 'unconstitutional' legislative sessions

Opposition, independent and Change MPs are meeting Tuesday, ahead of a parliamentary session that will be held Thursday for the election of a new president.

The aim of the meeting is to unify the blocs' position in case Speaker Nabih Berri calls for a legislative session before the election of a president, local media reports said on Monday.

Twenty-seven MPs had met two weeks ago at the headquarters of the Kataeb Party in Saifi to discuss the stalled presidential election and Berri’s call for a session aimed at discussing the letter of ex-president Michel Aoun.

It was Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel and independent presidential candidate Michel Mouawad who brought together the twenty-seven MPs, including Mouawad's Tajaddod bloc MPs, some of the Change MPs, the majority-Sunni National Moderation bloc and other independent MPs.

Al-Akhbar newspaper said that the meeting tomorrow will gather around 40 MPs, including the aforementioned 27 MPs, and other independent MPs and that the Lebanese Forces will again not be present at the meeting.