BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam held talks Thursday with Speaker Nabih Berri over the presidential stalemate and the work of the Cabinet.
The meeting came days after Berri met separately with presidential hopeful MP Michel Aoun and Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk, who is also a Future lawmaker.
The talks centered on the presidential vacuum that began after former President Michel Sleiman left Baabda Palace on May 25 without a successor in light of disputes among lawmakers on a consensus candidate.
Although the Cabinet is discussing a mechanism to govern its work in light of the presidential void, Aoun’s bloc along with some Christian MPs and the Future Movement have vowed not to attend legislative sessions in Parliament until a president is elected.
The MPs argue that Parliament should only handle urgent matters until a new president is elected.
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