Berri Says Staging Parliamentary Elections 'Inevitable'
As Lebanon's parliamentary elections loom closer, Speaker Nabih Berri stressed that staging the polls has become an “inevitable reality” and that they will be staged “on time,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.
“Parliamentary elections have become a reality and staging them on time is inevitable,” Berri was quoted by the daily as telling his visitors on Sunday.
The country's elections are scheduled to be held in May 2018.
Controversial reports arose lately claiming that some unnamed political parties have goals of postponing the polls.
Others however, including Berri, have voiced calls for bringing the elections' date closer shall the government decide not to issue the “time-consuming” magnetic voter cards.
On his the latest meeting that brought him together with Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat at the latter's residence, Berri was keen to reaffirm the “importance” of the tripartite meeting.
On the country's state budget, Berri assured his visitors that “the adoption of the budget this year opens the way for the completion of the budget next year,” and considered that "corruption is Lebanon's ageless suffering at more than one scale, and that the adoption of the budget eliminates between 50 and 60 percent of this corruption.”
Source: Naharnet
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