Lebanese political leaders ended Thursday a three-day national dialogue session, aimed at discussing a political deadlock that has paralyzed the country and left it without a head of state for more than two years.
National dialogue sessions, called for by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, have been going on for months without a solution.
This prolonged three-day session did not reach any tangible result and a new one was set for September 5.
Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt did not attend today’s meeting, while head of Marada Movement MP Sleiman Frangieh was represented by former minister Youssef Saadeh.
Following the meeting, Kataeb Party leader MP Sami Gemayel stressed that “studying new (political) reforms must happen in Parliament and not anywhere else.”
“Putting aside the new electoral law issue until a new senate is agreed on means extending the political vacuum,” Gemayel said.
Head of Lebanese Democratic Party MP Talal Arslan told reporters that discussions revolved around the implementation of the Taef Accord and preparations for workshops to pave the way for the establishment of a senate.
In the same context, Free Patriotic Movement chief, Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil declared his support for any reforms within the boundaries of the Taef Accord and the Constitution.
Prior to the session, Future bloc leader MP Fouad Siniora denied rumors stating that the Future Movement agreed to adopt the full proportionality law in the next parliamentary elections.