BEIRUT: The Lebanese forces supports passing urgent draft laws in Parliament, party MP George Adwan said Tuesday after meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri.
“In light of talk about legislation in Parliament, particularly about sensitive issues, we are with passing urgent bills,” Adwan told reporters from Ain al-Tineh.
“We were against legislation under intimidation and today there is no more intimidation,” he said, adding that the salary scale and Eurobond draft laws required speedy passing.
“We hope legislative sessions will be held to approve urgent bills."
Lebanon has been without a head of state since former President Michel Sleiman’s term ended in May with lawmakers unable to elect a successor.
The presidential stalemate has paralyzed Parliament’s role and is threatening to cripple the government’s work.
March 14 lawmakers have refused to attend any parliamentary legislative sessions amid the presidential vacuum, arguing that priority should be given to the election of a president.
Similarly, lawmakers from MP Michel Aoun’s Change and Reform bloc, Hezbollah’s bloc and its March 8 allies have thwarted a quorum by consistently boycotting Parliament sessions, demanding an agreement beforehand with their March 14 rivals over a consensus candidate.
In an attempt to break the presidential impasse, the March 14 coalition offered on Sept. 2 to strike a deal with its March 8 rivals on a consensus candidate. However, the March 14 initiative was swiftly scorned by Aoun’s bloc as an “old and meaningless initiative,” while Berri said it offered nothing new.
Adwan underlined the significance of the March 14 initiative “which talks about the need for convergence in light of what Lebanon is passing through.”
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