Opposition closes ranks to reject Berri's call for legislative session

The opposition parliamentary blocs are mobilizing to confront what they consider a violation of the constitution as Speaker Nabih Berri prepares to call for a legislative session amid a presidential vacuum, a media report said on Friday.

Berri will schedule the session within two weeks, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.

“This has created a constitutional debate between those who consider that the priority today is for the election of a president and those who are talking about the ‘legislation of necessary,’” the daily said.

Sources close to Berri meanwhile told the newspaper that “there are important and necessary laws that cannot wait.”

“Opposition blocs and MPs, who comprise around 50 lawmakers, are meanwhile intensifying their communication to unify the stance over rejecting the attendance of the legislative session, most notably the Lebanese Forces party and the Kataeb Party,” Asharq al-Awsat said.