MP Marc Daou ruled out holding the parliament session to elect a president before Ramadan, and considered, in an interview that “Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri did not embarrass anyone but himself by imposing the candidacy of Sleiman Frangieh.”

"President [Berri] raises the ceiling and sets the conditions, and he does not have the 65 votes to nominate his candidate, and his words about Frangieh's candidacy are nothing but a threat," Daou added.

He pointed out that it is clear that "President Berri cannot control the changes taking place, and he turned against himself after he was calling for dialogue and convergence among all."

Daou considered that "President Berri's high-pitched speech aims at pushing towards negotiation between the parties, knowing that Suleiman Frangieh cannot reach the presidency according to all numbers and calculations, especially if Berri was confident of his arrival, he would have called for an election session."