REPORT: 29th presidential electoral session deferred until October 21

Nada Andraos Aziz Author: Nada Andraos Aziz
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30-09-2015 | 05:06
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REPORT: 29th presidential electoral session deferred until October 21
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REPORT: 29th presidential electoral session deferred until October 21
Speaker of the House Nabih Berri deferred on Wednesday the 29th presidential electoral session until October 21, 2015.
 
Following the session, Future bloc MP Ahmad Fatfat responded to the head of Change and Reform Bloc MP Michel Aoun who reiterated on Tuesday his rejection to settlements, saying, “MP Aoun is entitled to rebuff the settlements but he should know that Lebanon is based on co-existence and consensual democracy.”

“The party who is pretending to be keen on the presidency is boycotting the electoral sessions," Fatfat continued.

In response to MP Fatfat's statement Change and Reform bloc MP Hekmat Dib said, "it is shameful for a lawmaker to tell both a lie and a rumor... consensual democracy does not cancel out other teams, but on the contrary requires respect."

For his part, Minister of Telecommunications Boutros Harb decried the obstruction of the quorum needed for the electoral process , describing it as "disgraceful".
 

Meanwhile, civil society activists marched silently from Samir Kassir Square towards Martyrs’ square to coincide with the 29th presidential electoral session.

 

The protesters called for electing a president in order to preserve state institutions.

 
Lebanon has been without a president since May 25 when the mandate of Michel Sleiman ended without the election of a successor.

Since then, lawmakers took part in 28 consecutive sessions to elect a new president; however, failed to do so.
 
 
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