Berri Chairs ‘Farewell’ Parliament Bureau Meeting
Speaker Nabih Berri chaired at his residence in Ain el-Tineh a “farewell” meeting of the Parliament Bureau before the legislature concludes on June 20 its mandate that extended over a nine-year period.
The meeting was held in the presence of Deputy House Speaker Farid Makari, MPs Michel Moussa, Antoine Zahra, Ahmed Fatfat, Wael Abou Faour, and Serje Tersarkisian and Parliament Secretary-General Adnan Daher, said the state-run National News Agency.
“The bureau convened at Berri’s request. It was a farewell meeting where several administrative issues were discussed and decided on. That’s all we did,” said Makari.
Lebanon’s newly elected parliament will will hold a session on May 22 to reportedly re-elect AMAL Movement leader Nabih Berri to a sixth term as Parliament Speaker.
Source: Naharnet
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