Berri: Christian Parties' Absence from Legislative Session Unjustified
Speaker Nabih Berri said that the legislative session agenda caters to the concerns of various Christian parties, saying that he will not amend it, reported As Safir newspaper on Wednesday.
He told the daily: “There is no justification for the absence of Christian parties from the session seeing as its agenda includes two articles that concern it.”
These articles are the draft-law on naturalization of Lebanese expatriates and the referral of mobile phone revenues to municipalities.
The agenda includes 40 articles.
Berri explained that the parliamentary electoral law was not included because there are a number of draft-laws that require approval.
Another meeting of the parliament bureau will not be held ahead of the legislative session, he stressed.
The session has been scheduled for November 12 and 13.
Christian circles remarked to As Safir however that if the agenda is really not subject to amending, then the speaker would have immediately set a date for the legislative session.
The speaker cannot take the risk of scheduling a session that is not completely legitimate, they explained.
The Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement have repeatedly said that they would not take part in a legislative session that does not include the contentious electoral law.
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