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Speaker Berri submits candidacy for the parliamentary elections

04-09-2014 | 07:55

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Speaker Berri submits candidacy for the parliamentary elections

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Speaker Nabih Berri submitted on Thursday his candidacy for the parliamentary elections.

According to the National News Agency, Berri submitted his candidacy before leaving the country on a private visit.

The head of the AMAL movement has continuously called for holding the parliamentary polls despite the presidential vacuum.

Last week, Minister of Interior Nohad Mashnouq issued a memo listing the documents needed for those seeking to run for the elections scheduled to take place on November 16.

The memo was based on a decree that he issued last month, calling on the electoral bodies to elect lawmakers.

It stated that nominations will be accepted from August 28 until September 16.

Last year, rival MPs extended their mandate until November 2014 after they failed to agree on a new electoral draft-law.

Lebanon has been without a president since May 25 when Michel Sleiman's six-year mandate ended amid disputes between the rival blocs on a consensual candidate.

Several blocs have boycotted the sessions aimed at finding a successor to Sleiman, leading to a lack of quorum.

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