Berri 'disgusted' by futile presidential vote sessions

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has described Lebanon as “a boat lost at sea,” due to the parties’ failure to elect a new president despite having held ten electoral sessions.

In remarks to Annahar newspaper published Monday, Berri said he was feeling “disgusted” by the fact that the ten presidential election sessions that were held last year had failed to produce a new president.

Political sources meanwhile quoted Berri as saying, in remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper, that the stances of the political parties have not changed and “accordingly the upcoming session will not change anything in the current impasse.”

According to media reports, the upcoming voting session will be held on Thursday.