Geagea tells Berri presidential vote is not 'tribal agreements'

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday hit back at Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri over the issue of presidential dialogue.

“Dialogue is not when a certain camp picks a certain candidate and invites all others to dialogue to elect him,” Geagea tweeted, addressing Berri by name.

“On the other hand, we are about to engage in a presidential vote, not agreements between tribes,” the LF leader added.

Berri has said that he would only postpone Wednesday's presidential election session on one condition: if Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi asks him to “replace the session with dialogue and the parties accept that.”