Berri rejects Qassem's remarks on toppling government
Speaker Nabih Berri said that what concerns him at the present time and what he is intervening in is "preventing any recklessness or internal problems."
In an interview with the Asas Media news portal, Berri rejected Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem's threat to bring down the government, saying: "I do not agree with him, and it is unnecessary to say this. It did not reassure me, and we quickly resolved the matter."
He also revealed that the leaderships of the Amal Movement and Hezbollah held two meetings in the following two days to "correct this stance."
"In the Amal Movement, we do not say such things, it is not our language, and I am certainly not with him," Berri added.
Qassem had recently warned that it would be "the right of the people to take to the streets and overthrow the government" should it shut down Hezbollah's Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial institution due to U.S. and Israeli pressure.
Source: Naharnet
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