Parliament Discusses Pending Draft Laws as Govt Delay Persists

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Lebanon’s parliament convened on Monday to discuss several draft laws on its agenda as the formation of the country’s government stalls.

VDL (93.3) said at the beginning of the session, Speaker Nabih Berri noted that based on “Article 69, the Parliament legislation is legal, it gives us that right,” he said in reference to the parliament meeting in the absence of a government.

It added that MPs have generally stressed the need for the formation of a new Cabinet, noting the country’s “difficult economic and living conditions.”

MP Anwar al-Khalil sounded the alarm noting the repercussions at the “monetary level” shall the Cabinet formation delay persist.

The controversial issue of establishing waste incinerators was discussed. MP Paula Yacoubian, who strongly rejects it, said the draft law must not be approved.

Before joining the parliament session, Yacoubian was among a group of protesters, the Waste Management Coalition, who rallied outside the parliament rejecting the draft. “It must be returned to the joint parliamentary committees and studied well,” she said.

Attending the session, PM-designate Saad Hariri said: “I have asked the municipalities for alternative solutions. But the lack of any, and in the absence of any initiative the suggestion to establish incinerators, which i am against, was proposed.”

SourceNaharnet
Comments 2
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Default-user-icon Sanderujr (Guest) 24 June 2021, 13:49

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