MP Ali Bazzi quoted Speaker Nabih Berri as saying that Minister of Finance Ali Hassan Khalil was requested to submit the draft Budget to the Cabinet today.
“Speaker Berri also called for a legislative session on September 24,” Bazzi added following the Berri’s weekly meeting with MPs in Ain el-Tineh.
On another note, Bazzi quoted Berri as saying that Lebanon is committed to the implementation of resolution No. 1701, while the “Israeli enemy is violating this resolution by land, sea and air.”
This as Berri also said that it is necessary to take the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about annexing settlements in Jordan Valley seriously.