Beirut, (Samajweekly) Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called on political blocs to initiate a dialogue to resolve the presidential election impasse in September.
Lebanon has been without a President since former President Michel Aoun’s term ended in October last year, Xinhua news agency reported.
So far, the parliament has held 12 election sessions, but failed to pick a head of state as neither of the two main blocs — Hezbollah and its allies and their opponents– have the majority.
“In September, we should find a solution to this crisis. I believe it is everyone’s responsibility to elect a president of the republic in September,” Berri said in an interview with the daily al-Joumhouriya on Monday.
He added that he had called for a seven-day dialogue, and regardless of its outcome, he would call for open sessions until a President is elected.
Having been suffering from an unprecedented financial crisis, Lebanon urgently needs to elect a President and form a new cabinet to implement necessary reforms and set the country on the path of recovery.
