Berri says time for MPs to carry out their duties, elect president
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for a parliamentary session to elect a president on January 9. The session will be open with successive rounds until a president is elected, Saudi news channel Al-Hadath said.
The Saudi channel said sources quoted Berri as saying that the Quint - which comprises the U.S., France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt - has supported Lebanon to elect a president. "Now we have to carry out our duties."
According to the sources, Berri called on the parliamentary blocs to fulfill their responsibility and secure quorum for the January 9 session.
The country has been without a president since Michel Aoun's term ended in October 2022, with neither of the two main blocs -- Hezbollah and its opponents -- having the majority required to elect one, and unable to reach a consensus.
27 December 2024, 14:41
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Oh I see. Now that the country has been destroyed and people killed and made homeless and lost all personal belongings and savings, you want the MPs to carry out their duties and elect a President. You should be dragged from the parliament building in handcuffs after 30 years.
You closed Parliament, you block walked out of successive sessions to elect a President and now you come say carry your duties. You never even carried your duties. You have made parliament your own Fiefdom.
You should be locked out in Romieh prison.
