The monitoring committee of the opposition MPs declared that “the Parliament Speaker does not have constitutional prerogatives to negotiate on behalf of the Lebanese state, as this power is exclusively reserved for the president.”
The MPs are referring to Berri holding “exclusive talks with international envoys and therefore controlling the state’s functions, violating the Constitution and its democratic principles and seizing the Lebanese people’s decision by force.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the committee, composed of the Alliance for Change, Renewal, Kataeb and Strong Republic blocs and MP Bilal Hocheimy reaffirmed their rejection of Hezbollah continuing to confiscate the decision on war and peace.
They criticized the pro-Iranian group for determining the fate of Lebanon by controlling security and negotiating on the country's behalf while excluding the role of the state.
“Hezbollah created a presidential deadlock and subjected the caretaker government, which lacks confidence in the current Parliament, to its own will,” the statement read.
The parliamentary group also criticized the caretaker government for “transferring its sovereignty to Iran, allowing its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, to take positions and endanger Lebanon in the process.”
Regarding the military escalations in southern Lebanon, opposition MPs insisted that the international community compel Israel to cease its aggression against Lebanon by implementing Resolution 1701. They stated that the implementation of Resolutions 1701, 1559 and 1680, as well as the delineation of land borders, constitute “the only approach to protect Lebanon.”
The MPs also reiterated their choice of Jihad Azour as a candidate for the presidency despite Hezbollah's insistence to impose its choice of candidate (Sleiman Frangieh).
They also affirmed that they will take measures in the upcoming days to break the current presidential deadlock by protecting Lebanon from war and electing a president.
The MPs are referring to Berri holding “exclusive talks with international envoys and therefore controlling the state’s functions, violating the Constitution and its democratic principles and seizing the Lebanese people’s decision by force.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the committee, composed of the Alliance for Change, Renewal, Kataeb and Strong Republic blocs and MP Bilal Hocheimy reaffirmed their rejection of Hezbollah continuing to confiscate the decision on war and peace.
They criticized the pro-Iranian group for determining the fate of Lebanon by controlling security and negotiating on the country's behalf while excluding the role of the state.
“Hezbollah created a presidential deadlock and subjected the caretaker government, which lacks confidence in the current Parliament, to its own will,” the statement read.
The parliamentary group also criticized the caretaker government for “transferring its sovereignty to Iran, allowing its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, to take positions and endanger Lebanon in the process.”
Regarding the military escalations in southern Lebanon, opposition MPs insisted that the international community compel Israel to cease its aggression against Lebanon by implementing Resolution 1701. They stated that the implementation of Resolutions 1701, 1559 and 1680, as well as the delineation of land borders, constitute “the only approach to protect Lebanon.”
The MPs also reiterated their choice of Jihad Azour as a candidate for the presidency despite Hezbollah's insistence to impose its choice of candidate (Sleiman Frangieh).
They also affirmed that they will take measures in the upcoming days to break the current presidential deadlock by protecting Lebanon from war and electing a president.
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