Berri Hopes LF Would Attend Dialogue
Speaker Nabih Berri has expressed hope that the Lebanese Forces would announce its support for the dialogue session that he has called for.
“If (LF chief Samir) Geagea decided not to participate in the dialogue, then I would understand his stance because he hadn't participated in the previous all-party talks under the chairmanship of former President Michel Suleiman at Baabda Palace,” Berri told his visitors.
“In addition, Geagea doesn't have representatives in the government,” said the speaker, whose remarks were published in several newspapers on Friday.
“If he decided to attend, then I will be glad” about his decision, Berri added.
Geagea is expected to announce his stance on Saturday. All other parties that were invited to the dialogue said they would attend the talks.
The speaker, who also heads Amal Movement, reiterated that the presidential deadlock tops the agenda of the talks.
The rival parties are expected to discuss ways to end the vacuum at Baabda Palace, the resumption of the work of parliament and the cabinet, a new electoral draft-law, legislation allowing Lebanese expats to obtain the nationality, administrative decentralization and ways to support the army and the Internal Security Forces.
The speaker stressed to his visitors that the agenda of the talks is “neither the Qoran nor the Bible. The conferees can start discussing any of the items.”
But he said that an agreement on the presidential crisis would facilitate discussion on the rest of the issues.
G.K.
D.A.
over 9 years
I hope Mr. Emile Rahmeh will be invited to the dialogue session. He has a lot to say
over 9 years
Who is Emile rahmeh?
over 9 years
Dear Speaker
Mowaten, the_roar, and I would like to attend the dialogue session.
over 9 years
we also like to attend and hope KSA will not veto our attendance
over 9 years
I was invited but I declined. I am against corruption and with the Youth Movement.
over 9 years
Milk is not white
but
Coffee is black
over 9 years
I also will be Qattending Qas well
over 9 years
I am the_roar: I am a regular "elusive" poster on naharnet. I have 49 fake accounts and I live on this forum 24/7. I make fake accounts and insult people when I have no argument or debate. I am a Shia who pretends not to speak Arabic and claims to live in Australia. I know every street in Lebanon and every MP's name despite my claim that I am 3rd generation Australian and having never been to Lebanon. I tell people I don't post on weekends to give them the impression I have a life. I lie and lie and lie and think people believe me.
My best friend is mowaten.
over 9 years
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the dialogue session because I have a hairdressers's appointment on the same day. I need to color my hair, sorry.
over 9 years
We also cannot attend because on that day we will be at the Lebanese-Syrian border waiting for a huge loot coming in and we need Assem's car to bring it in.
over 9 years
Why was I not invited? I can explain the benefits of dialogue
over 9 years
If I attend I will sing " Nassineh El Dunia" Aaaaaah......
over 9 years
If Ragheb is going to be there, what about me?
over 9 years
women need to be represented in dialogue... not fair!
over 9 years
for sure;))))
over 9 years
Sorry we cannot be there with you, but our hearts are with you
over 9 years
Please, no farting at the dialogue sessions
over 9 years
Please, I want you all to go and gather in one place, and then I will do the rest.
over 9 years
If Sayyed Hassan can send representatives to the dialogue session why can't I?
over 9 years
While I cannot be with you, I am hoping the Speaker will include an Alawi representative from Jabal Mohsen in the dialogue session
over 9 years
I wish I dialogued with George Al Riff
over 9 years
I am all for dialogue and no assassinations please! What is past is past
over 9 years
I demand the Ansarullah from Yemen be at the dialogue sessions
over 9 years
i wonder if there are any height restrictions on attendees ? I hope I can make the cut
over 9 years
hahaha!
over 9 years
Can veiled women attend?
over 9 years
Is twerking allowed during dialogue?
over 9 years
@lebjack
I know flamethrower respects you as much as I do. He asked me to ask you if you know why he was banned?
over 9 years
I demand that Syrian refugees be represented in the dialogue sessions.
over 9 years
It would not be the same without us
over 9 years
I am a Lebanese of mixed ethnicity and I demand we be represented in the dialogue.
over 9 years
I agree
over 9 years
Parking Meters should not be allowed during the dialogue sessions. They are too expensive
over 9 years
If Nancy and Elissa are attending, I should also attend
over 9 years
We support dialogue
over 9 years
Allo allo beirut min fadlak ya 3aynayyeh
Libnaaaaan Ya 2t3it Samaaaaa
over 9 years
As long as the illegal arms of the islamist militia hizbolla are not tackled, all forms of dialogue are futile.
over 9 years
Useless dialogue with a party who holds a revolver on your head.
over 9 years
Talk Talk!
that is what all lebanese politicions are good at, and the more we listen to them the more we are like them.
over 9 years
it really is! Whoever wrote it is a genius;)
over 9 years
Truly excellent creativity...
over 9 years
Farsh adeem wou mtakhtakh, eklol 3et. Berri and all these rubbish parties trying to stem the tide of a popular revolt, looking everyday more like used trash bags fit only to be thrown into the dumps of history and for good. Wlak ya ekhwet el keza wou keza, ma ento kharabtoo lal balal, nahabtoo and now you want to open a dialog. El 3ama bi 2loubkoun shou hal bootah.
over 9 years
أنا مواطن اؤمن بالحوار كسبيل وحيد لحل مشاكل الناس الحياتية
أنا لا أحبذ شريعة الغاب بالضرب والقتل والمرجلة بغض النظر عما اذا كان غريمي اضعف او أقوى مني
لذلك أنا ارى ان من واجب كل القوى السياسية في لبنان المشاركة بحوار ٩ أيلول
انه واجب وليس مجرد تمني لانه لا حلول اذا بقي كل فريق خلف متراسه وحتى في حالة الحضور وضع أنفسنا مكان من نحاور حتى نفهمه للحصول على نتيجة
على كل فريق التعالي عن أنانيته وحب الذات
اما فيما يخص حركة "طلعت ريحتكم" فاني أتمنى على منظميها ان لا " يكبروا الحجر" واعني بذالك ان لا يبالغوا كثيرا في مطالبهم مخافة الضياع والتشرزم. يكفينا الان حل مؤقت للنفايات والمطالبة بإلحاح بانتخاب رءيس للجمهورية حتى باقل من ثلثي المجلس اذا تعذر ذالك
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