Lebanese Parl’t Speaker Calls for Session to Elect New President

Date: 07 January 2025 - 21:59

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BEIRUT (Xinhua) – Lebanon’s Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, on Tuesday called for a general session to be held on Thursday to elect a president for the republic.

Since the end of former President Michel Aoun’s term on Oct. 31, 2022, Lebanon has been in a presidential vacancy due to political division.

The parliament failed to elect a president for the country in 12 electoral sessions. A caretaker government has been running the country amid the presidential vacuum.

Lebanon needs a president to ratify any laws that parliament passes and unlock aid from the international community.