Parliament elected Wednesday five members of the Constitutional Council, including Tannous Mechleb (72 votes), Aouni Ramadan (73 votes), Akram Baasiri (71 votes), Antoine Breidi (72 votes) and Riad Abou Ghaida (79 votes).
MPs Paula Yaacoubian, Samy Gemayel, Nadim Gemayel and Jamil al-Sayyed had withdrawn from the parliament session, in protest against the concept of quotas.