Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri has called on the heads of parliamentary blocs and political parties to participate in a seven-day dialogue at the parliament in September to set the sage for open-ended sessions to elect a president.
Berri was speaking on Thursday at an event organized by this Amal Movement to mark the 45th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadr during a visit to Libya.
Addressing some parties in the country, especially “snitches,” Berri said he was working to ensure the presidential elections were held very soon.
He affirmed that the elections can’t be achieved by imposing a candidate on others or disrupting the work of the legislative and executive constitutional institutions.
“You have mistaken the address, and you don’t know who I am,” Berri told the “snitches,” advising them to save transit money and costs for staying in hotels.
Berri touched on the oil and gas exploration in Lebanese waters.
He responded to the claim of the Free Patriotic Movement that former President Michel Aoun made the achievement, saying that the work began in 2002 when Aoun was in Paris, and the Development and Liberation bloc presented a proposal in 2010, which was approved in August 2010.
The Speaker said he hoped drilling in Block No. 9 would be fruitful, lauding the sacrifices made and the “martyrs” who made it possible.
Furthermore, Berri announced that Amal and Hezbollah were ready to repel any Israeli aggression and defend the border.
