The presidential election session scheduled today by the parliament speaker Nabih Berri failed to elect a president.
With the quorum secured, the session started at 11 am this morning. Shortly after, the first voting round started with 119 MPs present.
MP Cynthia Zarazir apologized for not attending the session.
The first round ended with 42 votes for Michel Mouawad, 1 for Milad Abou Malhab, 17 for “New Lebanon”, 55 blank votes, and 4 uncounted votes.
The second round didn’t take place because the session lost the quorum.
Parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri, scheduled another session on Monday, October 24th at 11 am.
