News from Al-Madinah: Today, Thursday, the Lebanese Parliament failed to elect a new president for the third time, putting the nation closer to the possibility of a vacancy in the highest office in the government held by a Christian and a wider crisis in the legitimacy of the state.
Today’s plenary meeting was attended by 119 of the 128 deputies.
No party or coalition may impose its choice because the election rules call for a two-thirds majority of political members of Parliament.
According to Reuters, the voting cards were sorted to reveal that there were 55 white papers, while Christian candidate Michel Moawad received support from 42 voters and the remainder votes contained political slogans, such as “Adel’s dictator.”
The next session of the legislature is scheduled to begin on October 24.
Since the civil war that lasted from 1975 to 1990, he had already left the presidency on many occasions.
They expected another vacuum, the politicians intensified their efforts to agree on a new government headed by Sunni Prime Minister -designate Naguib Mikati, who is currently the head of the caretaker government, as the presidential authorities could move to the new government.
President Michel Aoun’s mandate ends on October 31, while divisions are still deep between the political blocs over the formation of the new government.
News on Sky.
Lebanon’s attempt to elect a president fails for the third time.
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