De Freij, in an interview with Naharnet, said Berri ( pictured top right) is "the person most (responsible for) blocking presidential elections in Lebanon."
"When I was away, Berri summoned the economic committee which I head through (MP) Ali Bazzi," de Freij said. "And when I asked Bazzi why Berri called for the meeting, he replied by saying: 'I did not call for the meeting.'"
"They do things that they are ashamed of. Then they lie to cover up their deeds," he said.
De Freij said Berri's call for the committee meeting was aimed at directing media attention to "show embassies that he is carrying out his duties in Parliament."
"Nabih Berri is a dictator. He believes he can cheat the world by using this method, when this is all a lie," he went on to say.
"Ali Bazzi was the one who signed the paper calling for the committee meetings. This is what I've been told," de Freij said. "Yet, he (Bazzi) denied the matter when I spoke to him."
De Freij ( pictured right) accused Berri of closing Parliament doors as "part of the scheme aimed at hitting all institutions in Lebanon."
He said a May 13 parliament session set to elect a president is unlikely to take place because there is no "green light" from Damascus to Lebanon elections.
De Freij believed that the opposition's main objective was to "amend" the Taef Accord in order to achieve a tripartite distribution of equal shares in a new cabinet that would give the Shiites "more power and influence in return for settling the issue of Hezbollah arms in the future."
Tags: Hezbollah, Lebanon, source: Naharnet, Syria
