Beirut: March 14 To Boycott Nov. 27 Parliament Session, Mp Says

MARCH 14 TO BOYCOTT NOV. 27 PARLIAMENT SESSION, MP SAYS

The Daily Star
Nov 19 2012
Lebanon

BEIRUT: The opposition will boycott a parliamentary session on Nov. 27
at which the Armenian president is due to give a speech, March 14 MP
Marwan Hamadeh said Monday.

“We will not attend the parliamentary session called for by House
Speaker Nabih Berri on Nov. 27,” said Hamadeh in an interview to
the Voice of Lebanon radio station, according to a statement fom his
press office.

Hamadeh said that the boycott was not directed against the Armenian
president himself.

“Boycotting the parliamentary session in the presence of the Armenian
president is not against the Armenian guest,” Hamadeh said.

Following the Oct. 19 assassination of senior security official Brig.

Gen. Wissam al-Hasan in a car explosion in Beirut, the March 14-led
opposition said it will boycott the Cabinet and any parliamentary
activity it is involved in, and called for the formation of a neutral
salvation government .

The opposition accused Syria of being behind the killing and also
held the Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Mikati responsible.

Hamadeh reiterated that the March 14 coalition will not attend national
dialogue until the Cabinet resigns.

“The dialogue session scheduled on Nov. 29 will not be held before
changing the current Cabinet,” Hamadeh said.

The dialogue session scheduled on Nov. 12 was postponed until Nov. 29,
while President Michel Sleiman has been carrying out consultations
with Lebanese rivals to resume the all-party-talks and discuss a way
out of Lebanon’s political crisis.

From: A. Papazian