A cabinet session kicked off on Friday at the Baabda Palace under the chairmanship of President Michel Sleiman and in the presence of Prime Minister Tammam Salam and ministers to look into a 57-item agenda that includes administrative appointments among other items, the state-run National News Agency reported.
During the session, president Sleiman expressed his hope that Lebanese deputies would elect a new president even if they were to hold various parliamentary sessions.
He also considered the security situation in the country as stable, stating that the security plan is being implemented and citizens are responding to measures.
On another note, the cabinet appointed Ramzi Nohra, Ziad Chbib, Fouad Fleifel, and Bachir Khoder as governors of North Lebanon, Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and Baalbek-Hermel respectively.