Following are excerpts
from a Lebanese parliamentary debate, which aired on New TV on July
6, 2011:
MP Khaled Al-Dhaher,
March 14 Coalition: We call to respect the choices of the
Syrian people. We demand that the gang of cursers and praisers…
Parliament
Speaker Nabih Beri [in response to catcalls from Lebanese Ba'th
Party MP 'Assem Qansu]: Your turn will come 'Assem.
Don't answer back…
Your turn will come…
MP
'Assem Qansu: He has the audacity to challenge Syria. Who is this
dog…
Nabih Beri: Your
turn will come. You can have your say then.
[…]
MP Khaled Al-Dhaher
[after returning to his seat and being told what
‘Assem Qansu said]: Mr. Speaker, the truth is that I didn't hear
what my colleague 'Assem Qansu said. He said: "Who is that dog
talking over there?" I want to tell him that he is the dog, not
me.
Catcalls from the
MPs in session
Nabih Beri: My
colleague… Listen to me…
Our dear colleague…
Our dear colleague…
[MPs try to restrain
‘Assem Qansu]
