NNA - Security is an exclusive state prerogative that takes March 14 apprehensions into consideration, House Speaker Nabih Berri told General Security (al-Amn al-Am) magazine today. To appease their worries, we expressly introduced provisions stating the exclusivity of state security the Speaker exclaimed.



His initiative for a new round of national dialogue is meant to prompt protagonists to agree on the shape the forthcoming government would assume since in his words, "putting a cabinet together remains to be a joint prerogative of both the president and prime minister-designate. It is up to them alone to distribute cabinet portfolios Berri added.



As for Hezbollah's Jihad against Israel, Berri took extra care to introduce articles allowing continued party Jihad by clearly stating it in the cabinet policy statement. He would devote serious attention to the presidential election as of March 25th 2014 since the pressing issue now is to secure a 2/3 quorum for holding a legitimate parliament hearing, he added.



All now hinges on dialogue between 14 and 8 of March forces but, March 14 seem bent on blocking it, Berri charged. The best Western support what one could expect for Lebanon comes from a near settlement of the Syrian crisis according to Berri. Meanwhile, cross-border infiltration into Lebanon could only be countered by a political settlement in Syria, he went on.



Admittedly, Amal is at variance with Michel Aoun over defining offshore drilling of natural gas and oil and things stopped at that, he said. Freeing A'zaz hostages is an incomplete victory with the 2 Syrian clerics still in rebel captivity; lots need to be done, he concluded.



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