MP Alain Aoun of the Change and Reform bloc has announced that the ongoing talk about Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's reelection to his post is “premature.”

“There are divergent viewpoints in the Free Patriotic Movement, with some backing the reelection of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and others rejecting it,” Aoun told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in remarks published Sunday.

“We might deal with this vote the same way they dealt with the presidency,” Aoun added, referring to Berri's opposition to President Michel Aoun's election.

“However, any talk about this topic ahead of the parliamentary elections would be premature, and it will definitely be discussed in the bloc to take the appropriate stance,” the lawmaker went on to say.

MP Hani Qobeissi of Berri's AMAL Movement had warned Saturday that there are attempts to "weaken" Berri.

"Their main slogan is weakening Speaker Nabih Berri and rejecting his reelection as parliament speaker," the MP alleged.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat had cautioned in remarks published Friday that President Aoun, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the FPM "are targeting Berri."