Extraordinary Parliament Session Within One Week
Speaker Nabih Berri has told As Safir daily that he will invite parliament to convene within a week to discuss issues related to the people”s economic and living conditions.
Parliament will also convene in September during a series of other extraordinary sessions, Berri told the daily in remarks published on Tuesday
President Michel Suleiman issued a decree last Wednesday calling on parliament to convene in an extraordinary session from Aug. 19 till Oct. 20.
The decree said parliament will discuss during the session the 2006, 2007 and 2008 state budget projects as well as other draft laws referred to it.
Parliament convenes twice a year in two ordinary sessions — the first starts mid-march until the end of May and the second from the middle of October through the end of December.
As Safir quoted well-informed legislative sources as saying that the elections law along with living conditions will be among the top issues to be discussed during the session.
The daily said that parliament”s administrative and justice committee will come up with the final draft of the elections law after a few weeks, which makes it possible to adopt the law during the extraordinary parliament session.