The electoral sub-committee, led by Speaker Nabih Berri, held the seventh session today and decided that the next session will be on Monday at 12:30 p.m.

Despite the pessimistic atmosphere due to the difficulty of reaching a consensual electoral law, the parliamentary electoral sub-committee decided to hold consecutive sessions in an attempt to attain a common view towards the vote law.

The electoral sub-committee, led by Speaker Nabih Berri, held the seventh session today and decided that the next session will be on Monday at 12:30 p.m.

MP Ali Fayyad said after the end of the meeting, ”Scheduling a new session is caused by the need for reaching either a consensual law whose chances has already diminished or an agreement on how to deal with the coming stage in case we are unable to reach a consensual vote law.” “Monday’s meeting will decide whether there will be a session for the general assembly of the parliament, or not,” Fayyad added.

“We reached a dead-end, and we have to choose whether we will adopt the 1960 vote law or we will extend the mandate of the current parliament,” MP Alan Aoun said.

Member of al-Mustaqbal bloc Ahmad Fatfat said that before next Saturday there will be a plenary session whose schedule will be identified by the meeting of the Bureau of the parliament. Fatfat announced that his bloc insists on its proposal and said that the suggestions of the other blocs are more discretionary.

“We will not participate in the elections according to the 1960 vote law, yet we will submit our nominations to prevent acclamation,” Lebanese Forces bloc MP George Adwan affirmed.

For his part, Change and Reform bloc Mp Alan Aoun also told the reporters that “if we do not reach an agreement, we will submit our nominations to prevent acclamation”.

Caretaker Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil considered that “there is no collective willing to extend the mandate of the current parliament.”