<p>Influential parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that Lebanon would sink like the Titanic if it could not form a government.</p>.<p>"We will all sink, with no exceptions," <em>MTV</em> television quoted him as saying at the opening of a session of parliament.</p>.<p>Prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri and President Michel Aoun have been at loggerheads over a new cabinet for months, dashing hopes of a reversal of Lebanon's deepening financial meltdown.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-offbeat/thieves-eye-manhole-covers-in-bankrupt-lebanon-954941.html" target="_blank">Thieves eye manhole covers in bankrupt Lebanon</a></strong></p>.<p>The assembly was due to discuss a $200 million emergency fund to pay for fuel for Lebanon's electricity company.</p>.<p>The energy ministry has said there are no funds to pay for imports beyond March.</p>.<p>The Zahrani power plant, one of Lebanon's four main electricity producers, has shut down after its fuel ran out. </p>
<p>Influential parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that Lebanon would sink like the Titanic if it could not form a government.</p>.<p>"We will all sink, with no exceptions," <em>MTV</em> television quoted him as saying at the opening of a session of parliament.</p>.<p>Prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri and President Michel Aoun have been at loggerheads over a new cabinet for months, dashing hopes of a reversal of Lebanon's deepening financial meltdown.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-offbeat/thieves-eye-manhole-covers-in-bankrupt-lebanon-954941.html" target="_blank">Thieves eye manhole covers in bankrupt Lebanon</a></strong></p>.<p>The assembly was due to discuss a $200 million emergency fund to pay for fuel for Lebanon's electricity company.</p>.<p>The energy ministry has said there are no funds to pay for imports beyond March.</p>.<p>The Zahrani power plant, one of Lebanon's four main electricity producers, has shut down after its fuel ran out. </p>