Member of the Liberation and Development bloc MP Anwar al-Khalil said that “it is regretful and painful to have Minister Gebran Bassil offending someone like Speaker Nabih Berri,” stressing that this offense cannot be erased with an apology but requires Bassil’s resignation from his post as Foreign Minister.
In a statement, he noted that “Bassil’s recent remarks, made public rather than leaked, come together with his ministerial and political practices witnessed during his time as a foreign minister, which aim at deepening sectarian division in the country.”