Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri labeled Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri "leader of the opposition" and accused the Syrian regime of trying to topple Lebanon's democracy. In an interview with the Arabic-language edition of Newsweek, Hariri said "we should be extremely cautious in our discussions with leader of the opposition Nabih Berri."| "He was the sixth MP targeted by assassination. If this persists, the March 14 Movement would lose its majority in parliament," Hariri noted. |
The Assassination of MP Antoine Ghanem by a car bomb explosion on Sept. 19 was "the main topic of discussion" Hariri had with the White House, he said. "He was the sixth MP targeted by assassination. If this persists, the March 14 Movement would lose its majority in parliament," Hariri noted. "It is not mere coincidence that all the slain MPs belonged to the same (Anti-Syrian) political trend. The Syrians should understand that killing MPs would bear repercussions against them," he added.