Opposition lawmakers were supposed to meet on Friday and Monday with Amal and Hezbollah MPs, as they resume an initiative they had started last week, aiming to facilitate the election of a president, but the meeting was cancelled.
Opposition sources and Lebanese Forces MP Georges Okais confirmed that Amal and Hezbollah cancelled the meeting.
"The one who has called for dialogue refuses a ten-minute-long meeting with the opposition," Okais said, referring to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri who is calling for 10 days of dialogue which would pave the way for the election of a president in parliament. Okais accused Berri of being contradictory to the point of "schizophrenia".
In a bid to break the impasse, opposition lawmakers had started their initiative earlier this month, announcing two suggestions to facilitate the election of a president. They met with lawmakers from the Democratic Gathering bloc, the National Moderation bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement's Strong Lebanon bloc and other change and independent MPs.
The meeting was not rescheduled, opposition sources told local newspaper al-Joumhouria.