Lebanon Parliament fails again to choose president

A view of the ballot box for the presidential election which is placed on a table at the parliament in Lebanon, Beirut, on September 28, 2022 [Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu Agency]

The Lebanese Parliament, on Thursday, failed for the third time to elect a new president, bringing the country closer to a political vacuum.

Out of the Parliament’s 128 parliamentarians, 119 attended the plenary session for half an hour on Thursday.

Election rules require a quorum of two-thirds of members of the deeply divided Parliament so that no party or coalition can impose its choice.

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