REPORT: Speaker Berri defers presidential election session until June 18

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09-06-2014 | 05:02
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REPORT: Speaker Berri defers presidential election session until June 18
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REPORT: Speaker Berri defers presidential election session until June 18

Speaker Nabih Berri has deferred Monday's presidential election session until Wednesday June 18 due to lack of quorum.

Only 64 deputies arrived to the parliament in a sixth attempt to elect a new head of state.

In this regard, Lebanese Forces MP Antoine Zahra stressed that LF leader Samir Geagea will not withdraw from the presidential race, and said: "No one has the right to boycott parliamentary sessions during power vacuum".

In turn, Future bloc MP Riad Rahhal urged deputies to attend today's session and to elect a new head of state while Liberation and Development bloc MP Qassem Hachem said a new president cannot be elected without agreement.

For his part, Future bloc MP Ammar Houry highlighted the need to end power vacuum, calling on all MPs to attend the session.

As well, Lebanese Forces MP Fadi Karam said LF leader Geagea will submit a national initiative today in an attempt to elect a new president, hoping it will be accepted by all parties.

Lebanon officially entered presidential vacuum on May 25 after the six-year term of former President Michel Sleiman expired.

This comes after lawmakers failed for the fifth time to choose a successor to the head of state. The impasse highlights the stark political divisions in the country.


Lebanon's presidency, allocated to the Maronite Christian community under Lebanon's sectarian division of power, is one of the three main political offices alongside the prime minister - a Sunni Muslim - and parliamentary speaker - a Shi'ite.



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