BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri says he has formed a committee of lawmakers from his parliamentary bloc that will work in parallel with his own efforts to ensure the presidential election is held on time.
“The committee will work in parallel with contacts and consultations that I will have with relevant sides in order to secure the right conditions to hold the [parliamentary] session to elect a new president within the constitutional deadline,” the speaker told As-Safir daily in an article published Monday.
Berri said the committee made up of members from his Development and Liberation bloc would hold consultations with rival political groups over the presidential election which is due this spring.
President Michel Sleiman's six-year term ends in May but the two-month constitutional deadline for Parliament to meet and elect a new head of state starts Tuesday, March 25.
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