Source: Republic
Circles close to the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told Al-Jumhuriya that “the winner of the presidency of the House of Representatives in the United States of America represents half of Americans because he did not get the votes of the Democrats.”
I was wondering if this experience is suitable for Lebanon? He said: “Lebanon’s composition is special and its circumstances are delicate, and there is no national interest in electing a rebel president representing only half of the Lebanese, amid a complex internal situation and a tense region.” , and any such thoughtless act will be classified under the political absurdity”.
These circles quoted Berri who said that “the president must be elected as soon as possible to stop the disintegration of the state whose institutions are fragmenting”, underlining that he will not change his responsible approach by asking for consensus in the presidential dossier.
