Berri: Parliamentary Elections Possible after Municipal Ones

Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated his demand for the adoption of a new electoral law ahead of staging the parliamentary polls, reported An Nahar daily on Wednesday.

He said according to his visitors: “The parliamentary elections can be held in wake of the success of the municipal ones.”

The current parliament’s term ends in ten months.

“We are now in a race against time,” continued Berri in reference to attempts to agree on a new electoral law.

The speaker also rejected attempts to extend the term of parliament for the third time.

Parliament had extended its term once in 2013 and another time in 2014 over disputes on the electoral law and over security concerns.

The joint parliamentary committees have been holding regular meetings to narrow down the number of electoral draft-laws before referring a handful over to parliament for agreement.