Aoun, Berri and Salam want timely parliamentary elections

President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam agree that the upcoming parliamentary elections -- scheduled for May 2026 -- should be held on time, a media report said.

Aoun, Berri and Salam are insisting on timely elections, despite some calls for postponing the polls for two years, but they would agree to a “technical” postponement for two or three months, sources close to the three leaders told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

And as the sources linked timely elections to appropriate security situations and the non-expansion of Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, Aoun announced Thursday that diplomatic contacts have managed to “cast out the specter of war.”