Report: All parties, except LF, open to Berri's dialogue initiative

The majority of the parliamentary blocs, except for the Lebanese Forces, are open to participate in a national dialogue suggested by Speaker Nabih Berri, ad-Diyar newspaper reported Wednesday.

The LF party, unlike the rest, is not interested in a dialogue that might impose a consensual president, the daily added.

Berri had called for national dialogue to find a successor to President Michel Aoun, saying that "without consensus, Lebanon will remain trapped in a whirlpool" and presidential election sessions would be "pointless."

Meanwhile, al-Liwaa newspaper said that Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is also considering to start a dialogue with the parties' leaders and the Christian blocs in order to find a new president.