The parliament held a legislative session on Monday to review 17 items on its agenda, including amendments to the Money and Credit Law and discussions on the country’s election law.

Lawmakers approved revisions allowing the Central Bank of Lebanon to print 500,000, 1,000,000, and 5,000,000 Lira banknotes.

The session opened with MP Firas Hamdan condemning political attacks on Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, saying that targeting the premier and accusing him of collaboration or Zionism by a political faction in the country is unacceptable.

"If this faction does not approve of the Prime Minister, they should resign from the government. Such rhetoric only divides the country," he said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri responded by saying that “the Prime Minister is the head of the government for all of Lebanon. The government is not just the government of one or two people; everyone participates.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Gebran Bassil urged the government to implement the election law and not shift responsibility onto parliament.

“The current law gives the government a clear method for conducting voting for the six parliamentary seats reserved for expatriates, along with a report from a committee of the previous government offering solutions for the process,” he said. “Any claim that the expatriate voting and candidacy process will not be carried out is baseless. The government must begin registration immediately to eliminate any excuses for delaying the 2026 parliamentary elections.”

Tensions flared during the session between Lebanese Forces lawmakers and Amal MP Ali Hassan Khalil who accused the partyof seeking to obstruct the elections.

Following remarks by MP George Adwan, who announced the withdrawal of his bloc from subcommittee sessions on the election law, Khalil said: “It is clear they want to derail the elections.”

Adwan and Lebanese Forces MPs responded with sarcastic applause, prompting Khalil to fire back: “That’s completely unethical. Anyone with self-respect should be ashamed.”

The exchange quickly escalated, with Lebanese Forces MPs shouting back, “Do you even respect yourself?”

Parliament Speaker Berri eventually pushed the session forward despite the chaos, warning that he would suspend proceedings if the disruption continued over MPs’ calls to include the election law on the agenda.