The 89-year-old Lebanese president Michel Aoun, whose administration saw a devastating financial collapse in Lebanon and the Presidential Palace in Beirut on Sunday, left a gap at the Lebanese state summit.
Since Friday night, members of the “Free Patriotic Movement” have been organised to follow Aoun as he leaves the Republican Palace in Baabda (Mount Lebanon) for his new residence in the Rabieh neighbourhood east of Beirut.
Aoun and those close to him made the decision to leave Baabda on Monday rather than the final day of his presidential term because Monday is a national holiday in Lebanon and would have attracted a smaller throng.
The area around the Republican Palace was dyed an orange colour, and their official colour is orange.
party surrounds the palace during Time of Aoun.
It is noteworthy that, besides the orange flags that were raised in the Baabda area on the columns on the road leading to the Republican Palace, the micubines installed tents in a courtyard close to the palace, where they spent their past night in it, knowing that it is an area that is subject to heavy security guard and is located after the first main barrier of the palace.
The Lebanese Parliament has so far been unable to agree on those who leave Aoun in this position, which has the authority to sign draft laws, appoint new ministers, and give the green light to government formations before the parliament voted.
With the attempt of the Prime Minister-designate for six months to form a cabinet, Lebanon is currently governed by a transitional administration, as was the case for more than half of Aoun’s time in the president.
Many Christians support him because they see him as safeguarding the sectarian system in Lebanon, but his detractors accuse him of permitting corruption and helping the Hezbollah armed group acquire power.
President Aoun leaves his position today .. He departs Lebanon in a chaotic manner.
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