Last month, Salam won sweeping support from legislators including the FPM MPs, while Hezbollah and ally Amal did not back Salam but later participated in the binding parliamentary consultations.

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Berri argued that FPM chief Jebran Bassil had consumed all the 30 minutes allowed for each bloc in his remarks on Tuesday. The MPs Walid al-Baarini, Wael Abou Faour, Ghassan Skaff, Abdel Karim Kabbara ...