Development and Liberation bloc MP Ali Khreiss told OTV on Saturday that Speaker Nabih Berri called for the formation of a national council to eliminate political sectarianism, not for the elimination of political sectarianism itself.

He stressed that his bloc is raising the “serious” issue up for discussion, not for immediate implementation.

“Some leaders do not want to implement the Taif Accord,” he said, in a possible reference to Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea who accused Berri on Thursday of wanting to direct attention away from Hezbollah’s arms with his proposal to abolish political sectarianism in Lebanon.

Khreiss questioned whether these leaders want Lebanon to “progress.”

-NOW Lebanon

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