GBC News: The Lebanese Parliament failed, on Thursday, for the second time, to elect a president to succeed Michel Aoun, due to the lack of a constitutional quorum.
Aoun’s term ends on October 31.
The opening of the parliament session was delayed by regarding 10 minutes, due to the lack of a quorum inside the hall, so Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed the session until 11:00, following 71 deputies attended the public hall.
Then Berri postponed the election session for the new president to the 20th of this month, following failing to secure the required quorum.
This is the second time that Parliament has failed to elect a new head of state, following no clear winner appeared during the first session on September 29.
The constitutional deadline for electing a new president for the country began on September 1, and continues until October 31.
Constitutionally, the election of the President of the Republic is by a two-thirds majority vote of the total number of members of Parliament consisting of 128 members, or 86 deputies, and in the second session by an absolute majority, that is, 65 deputies.
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