Berri to As-Safir: Urgent Need to Speed Up in Government Formation

Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated the need to speed up the government formation process and said "it wasn't acceptable to waste more time anymore."

In remarks to As-Safir daily on Wednesday, Berri called for dealing with the daily problems of the Lebanese, including social and economic issues, away from the political bickering. 

Berri criticized the government's inability to make any progress on the oil exploration issue. "Oil exploration is the victim of the current political vacuum," he said, pointing out that Syria began preparing for bidding and Israel already made a second agreement with Cyprus. 

He stressed on the importance of starting the bidding for an oil exploration company even during the caretaker government, not wasting more time and protecting "our natural resources from "Israel.""