‘illegitimate’ government are reassessed.

"Let them (ruling majority) know that from now on any inner-Lebanese reconciliation or political settlement will be conditioned on reassessment of all decisions taken by the cabinet or in any other public institution," the daily As Safir quoted Berri as saying.

Berri threatened that he will not settle for anything less than that.

On the presidential election issue, Berri reiterated his backing to Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir who warned that any attempt to prevent a two-third quorum at the parliamentary session that would elect the new head of state would be unconstitutional.

Berri, according to As Safir, stressed that any head of state to come into being should be based on an agreement in advance on a new president.

Berri set Sept. 25 to convene parliament to elect the next head of state that will succeed President Emile Lahoud, whose term expires on Nov. 22.

An Nahar on Friday quoted Berri as saying "gone with the country" if the president-to-be was not agreed upon beforehand as stated in the constitution.

Berri along with Hezbollah want retired General Aoun as president but the parliament majority strongly oppose Aoun and blame him for dividing the country and for giving a Christian cover to Hezbollah to initiate the summer war.

Analysts expect that the parliament majority will strongly oppose Berri ‘s conditions and may by-pass him by asking the deputy speaker to convene the parliament . Berri according to analysts has gone too far, considering that it was the parliament majority that put him in the speaker’s position.

Sources; Naharnet, Ya Libnan