BEIRUT: A legislative session set for midday Monday is doomed to fail to elect a new president for Lebanon over the lack of the required two-thirds quorum.
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in remarks published Monday that the session would be held on schedule.
“If quorum was secured there will be an election. Otherwise the session will be postponed,” he told local daily Al-Joumhouria.
Lawmakers have botched five attempts since April 23 to elect a successor to former President Michel Sleiman, whose six-year term ended on May 25, due to lack of the two-thirds quorum (86) of the legislature’s 128 members.
The presidential vacuum has already paralyzed Parliament’s legislation and is threatening government work, as the Cabinet remains split over how to exercise full executive powers, including the president’s prerogatives, during the presidential void.
The presidential vacuum entered its third week on Monday as lawmakers are scheduled to attend an electoral session likely to face the fate of its predecessors over differences between the rival parties on a compromise candidate.
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