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Berri's Barter: Dismantling Tent City, Suleiman President for Power Sharing, Election Law

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Saturday, 19 April 2008

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri offered to trade dismantling of the Hizbullah-controlled Tent City and facilitating presidential elections for a "declaration of principles" with the majority on power sharing and election law. Berri, who also is a prominent member of the Hizbullah-led opposition, made the offer in an interview with the daily as-Safir published Saturday. Such a declaration of principles should be reached in "speedy and productive dialogue" between majority and opposition leaders, according to Berri, who also heads the Shiite AMAL movement. Berri, as-Safir wrote, "indicated" that a parliamentary session set for April 22 to elect a president could be postponed for a month, at the latest, in light of the prevailing conditions. The situation, according to Berri, has reached a "serious" level. "A settlement is Lebanese-Lebanese," he added. Dialogue is a "priceless opportunity … missing it would be a sin," Berri stressed. The offered dialogue "does not aim at blocking the Arab initiative, which has reached a dead end. On the contrary, it aims at meeting the initiative in the middle of a blocked road," Berri added. He said: "No one, in Lebanon or outside, should dream of being able to impose any settlement on us that contradicts the Taef accord and the principle of partnership. We reject any settlement that harms the Lebanese formula. A settlement can be reached through Lebanese-Lebanese dialogue." Berri cautioned that "we are running out of time." He reiterated that "Syria, especially President Bashar Assad, is in support of a settlement in Lebanon. I personally relayed from the Syrian capital the most important Syrian support for the election of Gen. Michel Suleiman, for dialogue among the Lebanese (factions) and for commitment to decisions adopted during the March 2006 dialogue." "Syria signaled out its readiness to facilitate the dialogue and settlement, we are required to receive these signals," Berri concluded.

 

 

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