Constitutional or not Constitutional, this is the question

Not because it's a historical day, but it's because it is one of the most contradictory days that Lebanon has ever witnessed.
1- 109 Parliament members including opposition arrive to the parliament at noon.
2- Session postponed till November 30th in order to elect a president agreed upon from all sides
3- Post the canceled session, deputies talk back to each other through the media
4- The Cabinet is in session since 6:30pm discussing the latest updates
5- The president (till 11:59pm on November 23, 2007) Emile Lahoud declares a state of emergency starting 24 November 2007
6- The Cabinet denies it, based on the constitution, explaining that only the cabinet after passing it to the parliament as well and the majority's signature can declare such state. (That was at 8:30 pm today)

Stay tuned for any updated, today is not finished yet.

Parliament out of reach, please try again later

The parliament has been "out of service" for more than 2 months now, no session has been held. And this is the decision of Nabih Berri, the head of parliament. Irregardless of his reasons and his goals, if he is suceeding or not, if it is right for the head of cabinet to belong to a side or not, Nabih Berri got away with it. He got away with being criticized of paralyzing the country.

The country needs parliamentary sessions, why? Because we want our official representatives in the parliament to speak. They have been elected by the people. If they don't have the opportunity to transmit the needs and demands of the people, then at this point, it has become dictatorship and not democracy.

Nevertheless, the government is to be blamed for not doing anything about it. But the biggest blame is to be directed towards Berri too. He is the least criticized politicians in Lebanon, and the least liked...