Hamadeh Urges Berri to Convene Saturday”s Session

Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh urged House Speaker Nabih Berri to convene a parliamentary session set for Saturday to elect a new President for Lebanon.

 

Hamadeh also called upon Berri to convene the assembly prior to Saturday”s session to approve a constitutional amendment bill proposed by the majority MPs.

 

“A constitutional amendment will be sent to the government, and then we can elect General Suleiman as president,” Hamadeh told the Voice of Lebanon radio station on Friday, stressing that the March 14 alliance was “trying to bring the (political) crisis to an end.”

 

He said a cabinet session scheduled for later Friday will discuss a number of items that have been put on hold by former President Emile Lahoud, adding that there was no specific agenda.

 

Hamadeh said that the issue of officer promotions was restricted to martyrs.