President Berri’s media office: The nation is in greater need than ever of solidarity and consensus.

The media office of Speaker of Parliament Professor Nabih Berri issued the following statement:

Given that the purpose of the proposed amnesty law, and the exceptional reduction of certain penalties, is to restore the principle of justice as one of the pillars of a state governed by law and a safeguard for individual freedoms—especially since the situation in prisons has been marked by chronic delays in the issuance of criminal rulings—and despite the efforts undertaken by the departments of Parliament and the joint committees to reach a national consensus that would serve as a unifying sign in a country that is in greater need than ever of solidarity and consensus, what took place and was witnessed in more than one area, accompanied unfortunately by sectarian and confessional incitement, has led to the decision to postpone tomorrow’s session to a later date under the شعار of consensus.