Exchange of barbs heats up parliamentary debate
The exchange of barbs heated up the parliamentary debate Monday which also saw a government backbencher crossing words with an opposition member until one of them challenged the outer to repeat his allegations outside parliament.
Cabinet ministers on Tuesday agreed on ``putting an end to heated debate through media, preserving state institutions, resorting to legitimacy and relying on dialogue to solve disputes,'' Information Minister Tareq Mitri announced after the highly-anticipated cabinet session held amid high tensions in the country over the issue of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.