Lebanon’s parliament fails for the eighth time to elect a new president for the country

Nabih Berri A ninth session will be held to elect a new president next Thursday, after the failure of today’s session.

Major blocks are opposed between them Hizb allahLoyalists in the House of Representatives, Rep Michel Moawadand describes it as a candidate "challenge"calling for "compatibility in advance" on a candidate before going to parliament for election.

The most prominent results of vote counting were that Issam Khalifa received 4 votes, Ziyad Baroud got two votes, canceled papers: 5, white papers 52, New Lebanon 9, and other names 2, according to the National News Agency.

In the first round of voting, the candidate needs a two-thirds majority, i.e. 86 votes, to win, and the required majority if a second round takes place becomes 65 votes out of 128, which is the number of members. Parliament.

No political party has a parliamentary majority to impose its candidate.

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The speaker announced Nabih Berri A ninth session will be held to elect a new president next Thursday, after the failure of today’s session.

Major blocks are opposed between them Hizb allahLoyalists in the House of Representatives, Rep Michel Moawaddescribing him as a “challenging” candidate, calling for “agreement in advance” on a candidate before going to Parliament to elect him.

The most prominent results of vote counting were that Issam Khalifa received 4 votes, Ziyad Baroud got two votes, canceled papers: 5, white papers 52, New Lebanon 9, and other names 2, according to the National News Agency.

In the first round of voting, the candidate needs a two-thirds majority, i.e. 86 votes, to win, and the required majority if a second round takes place becomes 65 votes out of 128, which is the number of members. Parliament.

No political party has a parliamentary majority to impose its candidate.

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