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Lebanon’s parliament on Friday suspended talks on the 2022 budget after a walk-out by lawmakers sent attendance below quorum, further delaying efforts to complete requirements to access IMF funds to relieve its economic crisis. A group of parliamentarians, including newly-elected lawmakers who ran on a reform platform, a bloc of Christian MPs and others, walked out over the “chaotic” discussions. “It’s unconstitutional and chaotic. (Other lawmakers) were saying let’s change this, change that, add here, add there, without studying anything. This is how we’re going to do this?” Halima Kaakour, a…