MP Marc Daou ruled out holding the parliament session to elect a president before Ramadan, and considered, in an interview with ‘Voice of All Lebanon 93.3’ Radio Channel this morning, that ‘Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri did not embarrass anyone but himself by imposing the candidacy of Sleiman Franjieh.’ “The Speaker raises the ceiling and sets the conditions, while he does not have the 65 votes to nominate his candidate, and his words about Franjieh’s candidacy are nothing but a threat,” Daou added. He pointed out that it is clear that “Speaker Berri cannot control the changes taking place, and he turned against himself after he was calling for dialogue and convergence among all.” Daou considered that “Speaker Berri’s high-pitched speech aims at pushing towards negotiation between the parties, knowing that Sleiman Franjieh cannot reach the presidency according to all numbers and calculations,” adding that “had the Speaker been confident of Franjieh’s reaching presidency, he would have called for an election session.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon