For the second day in a row, the Constitutional Council failed to convene due to lack of quorum as the same three members who boycotted Tuesday's meeting didn't show up.

The persisting lack of quorum came after two Shiite members of the council and another from the Druze community failed to attend the meeting, preventing therefore the required 8-member quorum.

The scheduled meetings aim to discuss a report submitted by the council's head, Judge Issam Sleiman, on the petitions challenging the extension of Parliament's term.

The 10-member council has a deadline until June 20 to issue its decision over the legality of the parliament's extension.

According to the council's by-laws, open-ended meetings are to be held until required quorum is reached.

Following Wednesday's aborted meeting, protesters converged in front of the Constitutional Council to condemn its persisting failure to convene in order to address the issue of parliament extension.

MTV correspondent reported that the Constitutional Council decided to carry on contacts with its three boycotting members, as a new meeting was scheduled for Tuesday. 

During Wednesday's parliamentary meeting, Speaker Nabih Berri gave an insight into the circumnstances that have contributed in the lack of quorum at the Constitutional Council's meetings.

Berri noted that the three council's members who failed to show up to both Tuesday and Wednesday's meetings "have contributed in preserving the Constitution and nipping sedition".

Berri also voiced his fears that the elections, if held, would lead to sedition as the exeutive authority might denominate the legislative authority.