Berri: Legislative Sessions Conform with National Pact
Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Friday that he is adamant to revive the parliament legislation emphasizing that the step in in line with the national pact and that the country needs this measure at the current stage, al-Joumhouria daily reported.
Speaking to his visitors, Berri was quoted as saying that “the parliament session that he will call for is in line with the national pact,” and that he plans to hold “several sessions not just an orphan one.”
“The country needs this at the current stage,” the Speaker said.
He pointed out that nothing prevents the parliament from carrying out its legislative work despite the presidential vacuum.
On the national dialogue session that was postponed on Wednesday because of the death of PM Tammam Salam's mother, Berri set April 20 for a new session.
The revival of parliament legislation came back to the spotlight this week as some parliamentary blocs said they were in favor of such a move while others totally rejected it in the absence of a president.
Speaker Nabih Berri is seeking to get the legislature functioning after its regular term began this month.
Parliament convenes twice a year in two ordinary sessions -- the first starts mid-march until the end of May and the second from the middle of October through the end of December.
But the legislature and the government have been paralyzed as a result of the vacuum at the presidential palace.
Source: Naharnet
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