Beirut: House Speaker Nabih Berri chaired a meeting of the Parliament Bureau, joined by Deputy Speaker MP Elias Bou Saab, and other officials including Secretaries of the Parliament Council, Hadi Abou Al-Hessen and Alain Aoun, Commissioners MPs Michel Moussa, Karim Kabbara, and Hagop Pakradounian, as well as the Parliament's Secretary-General, Adnan Daher. Following the meeting, Bou Saab announced that a general legislative session is scheduled for the upcoming Monday.
According to National News Agency - Lebanon, Bou Saab stated that discussions regarding the parliamentary elections law were addressed, with Speaker Berri emphasizing the importance of reviewing all proposed electoral laws. In another significant engagement, Speaker Berri met with Presidential Advisor for Reconstruction Affairs, Ali Hamieh, at Ain El-Tineh to discuss the reconstruction dossier and the prevailing general situation.
Additionally, Berri expressed his condolences to Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi over the victims of the terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus. He extended sympathies to the Orthodox Church communities in Syria and Lebanon, as well as the families of the victims, wishing a swift recovery for the injured. Berri reiterated that terrorism transcends religious and sectarian boundaries, labeling its perpetrators as adversaries to divine teachings advocating for human dignity.