Hariri for Dialogue which Produces President

MP Saad Hariri on Saturday said he supports Speaker Nabih Berri”s call for all-party talks, but stressed that Lebanon should have a President regardless of the outcome of the dialogue.

 

Hariri, said he was “optimistic” concerning the election of a president on May 13.

 

“It is time to sit together as Lebanese and elect Gen. Michel Suleiman (president) immediately,” Hariri told reporters after meeting Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea at his mansion in Maarab.

 

“No one is against dialogue,” Hariri said in response to a question on whether he supports Berri”s call for dialogue.

 

“But if this dialogue is to take place, a president should be elected regardless of the outcome,” Hariri stressed.

“If we participate in a dialogue it will be to elect a president,” he concluded.

 

Before meeting Geagea, Hariri held separate talks with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir in Bkirki.