Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s media office issued the following:

After gathering opinions about the call for dialogue between the parliamentary blocs to reach a consensus president, President Nabih Berri apologizes for moving forward with this approach, as a result of the objection and reservations, especially from the “Lebanese Forces” and “Free Patriotic Movement” blocs.

Speaker Nabih Berri had called on the Parliament to hold a session at eleven in the morning on Thursday 3/11/2022, to read the message of former President Michel Aoun, where he announced that he had addressed to Parliament to try to withdraw the assignment from caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and thus the messages is of no vain.