Lebanese parliament fails to muster quorum to elect a President

  • 12/15/2022
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BEIRUT, September 25, SPA -- Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday put off a session to elect a new president until next monthafter the legislature failed to muster enough lawmakersbecause of an Hezbollah-led opposition boycott. The announcement was made by a parliamentary official inthe chamber after the bell rang three times to call thelawmakers into session. Lawmakers from the pro-governmentmajority were in the chamber for 30 minutes, but manyopposition members, who gathered in the building, stayed inthe hallways. The gathering in parliament was held under tight securityafter last week's assassination of a legislator from themajority, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/485666

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