Berri Calls for Parliament Bureau Meeting
Speaker Nabih Berri called the Parliament Bureau for a meeting on Wednesday at noon, the National News Agency reported on Monday.
Earlier, and in remarks he made to An Nahar daily, Berri had said that the Parliament will take the necessary steps in light of the government formation stalemate dragging the country and endangering its economy.
“The Parliament will take action and will call the Parliament bureau for a meeting in order to schedule a parliamentary session. Many issues have to be tackled. It is necessary to raise the budget issue,” Berri told the newspaper.
“I won’t stand idle and watch the country collapse,” he added.
Concerns have surfaced that Lebanon's inability to form a government was endangering the tiny multi-confessional country and its ailing economy.
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has been pushing to form a government since May 24 but disagreements among Lebanon’s political parties over shares and quotas have delayed his mission so far.
Source: Naharnet
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