{"id":121630,"date":"2024-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=ff55104b20f4fdb24540d3ece7f16d85"},"modified":"2024-04-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T00:00:00","slug":"geagea-calls-on-parliamentary-blocs-not-to-extend-mandate-of-municipal-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/geagea-calls-on-parliamentary-blocs-not-to-extend-mandate-of-municipal-councils\/","title":{"rendered":"GEAGEA CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS NOT TO EXTEND MANDATE OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><br \/>\nLebanese Forces Party leader, Samir Geagea, on Monday issued a statement expressing concern over House Speaker Nabih Berri&#8217;s call for a meeting of the Parliament&#8217;s bureau next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Geagea criticized this move, suggesting that it indicates reluctance from the opposition axis, especially the Free Patriotic Movement, to hold municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Geagea urged all blocs and MPs, especially the Free Patriotic Movement, not to contribute to this extension, arguing that &#8216;many municipalities have been resolved, some paralyzed, and the rest are struggling.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Geagea viewed the delay of municipal elections as &#8216;a blow to Lebanese society and a crime against citizens and the state.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: National News Agency &#8211; Lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese Forces Party leader, Samir Geagea, on Monday issued a statement expressing concern over House Speaker Nabih Berri&#8217;s call for a meeting of the Parliament&#8217;s bureau next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Geagea criticized this move, suggesting that it indicates reluc&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GEAGEA CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS NOT TO EXTEND MANDATE OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS - Kuwait News Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/geagea-calls-on-parliamentary-blocs-not-to-extend-mandate-of-municipal-councils\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GEAGEA CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS NOT TO EXTEND MANDATE OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS - Kuwait News Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lebanese Forces Party leader, Samir Geagea, on Monday issued a statement expressing concern over House Speaker Nabih Berri&#039;s call for a meeting of the Parliament&#039;s bureau next Wednesday. 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