Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, welcomed this Tuesday in Ain el-Tineh, Free Patriotic Movement president, MP Gebran Bassil, with whom he tackled the the current political juncture and the latest financial and economic developments.
Bassil left Ain el-Tineh without any statement, only assuring that “the meeting was excellent.”
Al-Manar sources reported that the two men discussed main economic issues, including the negotiations with the IMF and the distribution of the financial losses in a way that does not affect the depositors and the banking sector.
Berri later chaired a meeting for the Development and Liberation parliamentary bloc, with talks touching on the economic and financial developments and the current living situation.
In a statement read in the wake of the meeting, the bloc confirmed its readiness and openness to discussing any reformist economic plan that paves the way for efforts aimed at removing Lebanon from the circle of danger that threatens it on the financial and economic levels, away from any political, sectarian or malicious alignments.
The bloc also stressed its rejection of any tampering with the bank deposits of the Lebanese and of any step made at the expense of their livelihood and their social, health or pension guarantees.
It also indicated that the government’s financial and economic plan — which is regarded as important — still would not spare it any responsibilities, “especially towards taking practical and deterrent measures that halt the horrific deterioration in living conditions and the insane rise in prices of consumer goods.”
The bloc also denounced and expressed worries about the rebound of the terrorist activities in Iraq, Syria and Sinai simultaneously with the Zionist aggression on the Syrian territories, calling on all the Lebanese to beware those malicious dangers.
Source: Al-Manar Enlish Website and NNA
