Berri warns Lebanon can bear few more weeks of deterioration
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday warned that Lebanon can only bear a few more “weeks” of further deterioration at all levels.
“Lebanon might bear for a few weeks, but it can’t bear more than that, and Lebanon and the Lebanese cannot bear further deterioration,” Berri said in a meeting with Press Syndicate chief Awni al-Kaaki and the members of the syndicate.
“The top priority is the election of a president,” Berri added, reiterating his call for “consensus” over the presidential election.
“God created us different and separate so that we listen to each other and come together. In the face of the accumulation of crises, mainly the economic crisis which plunged 80% of the Lebanese people under the poverty line, in addition to the electricity crisis on which we spent tens of billions and the dialogue with the International Monetary Fund, that all must lead to speeding up the election of a president,” Berri went on to say.
He also confirmed that he will continue to schedule a president election session every week.
Source: Naharnet
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