By Reuters
BEIRUT - Lebanon cannot withstand its current state of “suspension”, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday, Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported, on the seventh day of anti-government protests that have paralyzed the country.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri chairs a parliamentary session in downtown Beirut, Lebanon July 16, 2019. Picture taken July 16, 2019. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN)
“The country cannot bear remaining suspended and we fear a vacuum and noting else,” Manar cited Berri as telling MPs in his parliamentary bloc at their regular Wednesday meeting.