Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Friday that he will not go into a war on behalf of the al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri and that the latter must “shoulder the responsibility”, al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.

“Although Berri supports Hariri, but he believes that the government is his responsibility. We will not go into a war on his behalf,” sources close to Berri quoted him as saying.

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Wednesday that he will not resume the dialogue meetings unless the political parties are truly ready for serious dialogue, Ad Diyar daily reported.

“I will not be calling for a dialogue session unless there was a change in the form, content and perception of the others. Until this moment I will not initiate anything until the others (politicians of the dialogue table) are ready for serious dialogue and their ideas change. Only then will I be ready because we want successful and efficient talks,” Berri was quoted as saying.

Education Minister Elias Bou Saab has revealed that an agreement has been reached between Rabieh and Ain el-Tineh over the electoral law, while noting that every group has the right to resort to street protests should it feel aggrieved.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday slammed “political absurdity and obstruction,” and reiterated his call for agreeing on a “package deal” involving the presidency, the government and the electoral law.

The upcoming week will witness attempts to address the latest deterioration of the country's political crisis that was triggered by the Free Patriotic Movement's boycott of Thursday's cabinet session and all eyes will turn to Speaker Nabih Berri who will deliver a key speech on Wednesday, a media report said on Sunday.

Speaker Nabih Berri has stressed that it is necessary for the cabinet to convene as scheduled on Thursday, warning that “the country cannot bear postponement.”

Speaker Nabih Berri has ruled out possible ministerial resignations over the thorny issue of military appointments while stressing that only the so-called “package deal” he has proposed can resolve the country's multiple political crises.

Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to launch several decisive stances that would take the form of a “roadmap” in his upcoming speech during the commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions, a media report said on Monday.

Speaker Nabih Berri called for a joint meeting between the Administration and Justice Committee, the National Defense Committee and the Interior and Municipalities Committee to study a suggestion to implement administrative decentralization in the country, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Berri said the meeting will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 am and if the needed quorum was not achieved, then the committees will congregate at 11:00 am with one third of the members.

Media reports said on Friday that Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah have met in Beirut's southern suburb and that the meeting came after the two men's latest stances as for the election of a president, al-Liwaa daily said.

The timing of the meeting was not disclosed.