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French President Francois Hollande has urged Saad Hariri, leader of the Mustaqbal Movement, to support the candidacy of MP Michel Aoun of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) for the presidency instead of Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh, currently backed by Read more
Lebanon failed in its 35th attempt to elect a president and the next parliamentary session for presidential elections is scheduled for March 2. The parliament failed to reach a quorum with only 51MPs present, falling short of the required 86 Read more
Aspiring Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun of the Free Movement Party edged a step closer to his ambitions after the Lebanese Forces (LF) Party headed by Sami Geagea declared his support to his candidacy. Geagea and Aoun head the two Read more
The current momentum to elect Lebanon’s next president, after 18 months of delay and more than 30 unsuccessful attempts, will be decided upon on December 16th when the parliament convenes again to elect a president. The proposal by Saad al-Hariri Read more
Christian politician Michel Aoun reiterated his desire to become the country’s next president during Sunday’s rally at the vacant presidential palace outside Beirut and called for the election of the president at a popular vote. “The presidency of the republic Read more
Lebanon’s Political parties have started blaming each other on the eve of another cabinet meeting that is most likely to end without any major decision since rival political parties refuse to agree on the matters that should be prioritized on Read more
Lebanon broke its own record as the country clocked 409 days without a president on Tuesday. Political parties continue to be divided in the parliament over whom to choose as the next president and systematic boycotts of parliamentary sessions have been Read more