Lebanon: Lebanon’s congress may join on January 9 to choose a new leader, seeking to close more than two years without a head of state, standard press reported Thursday, a day after an Israel-Hezbollah peace began.
The official National News Agency reported that on January 9, President Nabih Berri called a parliament session to choose a president of the republic.
Since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022, Lebanon has not had a president since neither of the two main parties, including Hezbollah, a group supported by Iran, has the majority necessary to elect one.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on Wednesday that he hoped the coming days would result in the election of a president.” I hope this will be a new page for Lebanon.”
Berri, who led ceasefire talks on behalf of ally Hezbollah, also called Wednesday for the country to “quickly elect a president”.
In a speech earlier this month, Hezbollah’s leader, Naim Qassem, stated that the organization would “bring an effective contribution to the election of a president.”
By convention, a Maronite Christian holds the office of president, a Sunni Muslim as prime minister, and a Shiite Muslim as the speaker of the parliament.
