Parliament fails for the sixth time in electing a new president for Lebanon

The quorum of the Lebanese parliament has not been completed to elect the president.

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The Lebanese Parliament failed today, Thursday, to elect a new president for the country for the sixth time, because no candidate could obtain two-thirds of the votes of the deputies.

Today, the sixth parliamentary session began to elect a president in Lebanon, headed by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

The session was held after the completion of the quorum, which requires the presence of 86 deputies out of 128 deputies.

Berri said that Representative Michel Moawad received 43 votes against 46 for a white paper and seven votes for Issam Khalifa, and the presidential candidate needs to obtain the votes of two-thirds of the deputies in the 128-member parliament in the first round of voting.

Five previous parliamentary sessions were held to elect a president for the republic, the last of which was on November 10, and they did not succeed in electing an iron president.

It is noteworthy that the term of former President Michel Aoun ended on the 31st of last month, and Lebanon entered the presidential vacancy stage.

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