The pro-government legislators rallied inside the parliament to urge Berri to convene a session to endorse the formation of the international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik el Hariri. The Head of the Democratic gathering, Lebanese MP Walid Jumblatt declared that the talks between Speaker Nabih Berri and MP Saad Hariri have ended, adding that the only talks will be in the Parliament. Jumblatt accused Berri of "hijacking the Parliament", upon orders from Iran and Syria . Jumblatt said he hoped Berri would open the first ordinary parliament session for this year "without having other countries, such as Iran and Syria, dictate to him" not to convene the assembly. "Here is (the place) for dialogue," Jumblatt told reporters upon arrival at parliament building in Nijmeh Square at 10 a.m. He said parliament is "where the fate of the international tribunal and other laws are decided."
Jumblatt will hold a press conference Wednesday at noon to further comment on the recent report of the UN investigator Serge Brammertz on the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the Arab summit due to be held in Riyadh on the 28th of March.