LF: Berri to wait for govt. to extend Aoun term before scheduling legislative session

The Strong Republic parliamentary bloc of the Lebanese Forces on Monday visited Speaker Nabih Berri to ask that he schedule a parliamentary session for extending the term of Army chief General Joseph Aoun.

“We have been promised by the Speaker that he will only wait until the end of the month, because he prefers the extension to take place in Cabinet. After that he will set a session and our proposal will be the first item on the agenda of the urgent bills,” MP George Adwan of the bloc said after the meeting.

“Speaker Berri hopes the extension will take place in Cabinet over the next two weeks and we also hope so,” Adwan added.

“Since things have become clear, we call on (caretaker) PM (Najib) Mikati to quickly schedule a session in the next days so that we extend the General’s term and preserve the army command,” Adwan went on to say.