Aoun warns of "constitutional chaos" in Lebanon a day before he leaves office

Lebanese President Michel Aoun, whose term is about to expire, told Reuters today, Saturday, that his country may slip into "constitutional chaos" due to the inability to elect a new president to succeed him and under a caretaker government he accuses of not having full powers.

Aoun is scheduled to leave the presidential palace in Baabda tomorrow, Sunday, a day before the end of his six-year term, but four electoral sessions did not result in the election of a president in light of the unprecedented division of Parliament after the May elections, as the political blocs were unable to reach an agreement. Agree on a candidate to succeed Aoun.

The post of president has been vacant many times in the past, but Lebanon now finds itself on the edge of an unprecedented situation where the presidency is vacant and the caretaker government has only limited powers.

Aoun hinted that he was still considering unspecified political action in the final hours of his term to address the constitutional crisis, but told Reuters there was "no final decision" on what the move might entail.

In response to a question, he said, "Yes, it is reasonable for a constitutional chaos to occur. The vacuum does not fill the vacuum."

On Sunday, Baabda Palace is scheduled to witness a popular demonstration by supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement, which was founded by Aoun, to accompany the president's move to his home in Rabieh, Mount Lebanon.

Aoun said, “I am going to the hillside tomorrow to complete my political life, because I consider that the situation has not reconciled in Lebanon and is still heading for the worse, and the current system cannot reform the country. In his position after these scandals he committed... the central bank governor must sit on his side."

Aoun concluded his speech by saying, "I do not regret that I served as president of the republic on the one hand, and on the other hand I could have worked more, and I regret it. How can I get to know the deep state that must be reformed, we now know it well."

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