LF MP says Berri's behavior in Baabda 'alarming'

MP Ghayath Yazbek of the Lebanese Forces on Thursday said that “Speaker Nabih Berri has demonstrated an advanced and alarming image about the (Shiite) Duo’s future performance in Cabinet.”

He was referring to Berri’s reported disagreement with PM-designate Nawaf Salam over the so-called “fifth Shiite minister,” which torpedoed the announcement of the new cabinet line-up.

“To put it shortly, the guys (Berri and Hezbollah) have not changed their old habits: they either get what they impose or they obstruct. If the president and the PM-designate wait for the Duo to quit its bad habits, they will wait a lot and the state will not move forward,” Yazbek added.