Berri calls for dialogue, says only consensus can end vacuum
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri urged Wednesday for dialogue after MPs failed for the 12th time to elect a president.
Berri called on parties to stop trading blame and to stop "spinning in a vicious circle."
"Enough passing the buck for prolonging the vacuum," Berri said.
"Denial will not lead anywhere, only consensus and dialogue will speed up the election of a president," he added, without immediately scheduling a new ballot.
Hezbollah MPs and their candidate Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh also called on Wednesday for dialogue.
"Dialogue is essential for electing a president," Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah told AFP. "The country cannot be led by confrontation".
Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Haj Hassan claimed Azour and those around him had no political program and called for a "real national dialogue away from the auctioneering and intimidation."
Crisis-hit Lebanon has already been without a head of state for more than seven months, and the previous attempt to elect a president was held on January 19.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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