Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, maintained from Bkerki on Tuesday that the package deal, as suggested by House Speaker Nabih Berri, was flatly inadmissible, stressing that MP Michel Aoun will not negotiate any settlement as such.

 

"There cannot be a new national contract at every due date," he said.

 

"What will the [new] president do if we are imposing conditions on the government from today? The president election must happen when lawmakers heads to the Parliament, and then comes the designation of a prime minister," he added.

 

"Speaker Berri has played positive roles, but we do not agree with him over his package deal," he corroborated.