Speaker Berri: PM Miqati Has Two Weeks to Convince March 14 of Taking Part in New Government

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Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri stressed that the government should be formed as soon as possible, in order to tackle stuck issues and imminent challenges piled up during the past months.

Berri clarified that the piling up of issued came in light of a governmental gap, that took place for a year and a half, stating that the former government was semi paralyzed.

In an interview with As-Safir newspaper, Berri referred that he agreed with giving the designate PM Najib Miqati a period of one or two weeks maximum to try and convince the March 14 coalition of taking part in the government of national unity.

Furthermore, Lebanese Speaker referred "In case Miqati's efforts failed, we will be before three choices: a pure technocratic government, a technocratic government with political characteristics, or a political government with technocratic characteristics".

Speaker Nabih Berri pointed out that he informed PM Najib Miqati during their meeting Thursday, the opposition's readiness to present all possible facilitations to help Miqati in forming the government.