Today, Monday, the Lebanese Parliament will hold its fourth session to elect a new president of the republic, in the plenary session called for by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri last Thursday at the end of the third session, during which it was not possible to elect a new president for the country because none of the candidates obtained the prescribed percentage to win the elections. .
Last Thursday's session to elect a new president of the republic resulted in MP Michel Moawad receiving 42 votes, while 55 MPs voted with a white paper, while 22 MPs voted for other names and phrases.
As soon as the first round of voting ended, a number of deputies left the parliament hall, which made the round lose its quorum of 86 members. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri decided to adjourn the session and call for a fourth session on Monday.
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri presided over the third election session for the President of the Republic, which was attended by about 119 deputies.
The Lebanese constitution stipulates that the candidate who obtains a majority of 86 votes out of 128 votes in the first round of elections will win.
In the second session, which was held on / Thursday / October 13, the election process did not take place due to the lack of a quorum for the session to be attended by only 71 deputies out of 128 deputies, while the session requires the presence of two-thirds of the members of the Council by 86 deputies.
The House of Representatives held the first session to elect a new president of the republic on September 29, which did not result in any candidate obtaining the percentage of votes required to win the elections, as candidate MP Michel Moawad received 36 votes, while candidate Salim Eddeh received 11 votes, while 63 deputies voted with a paper. White and 12 deputies in symbolic terms, out of 122 deputies who participated in the session
It was not possible to hold a second round of elections in the first session after the session lost its quorum, as 37 deputies left the session and only 85 deputies remained, while the quorum for holding the session is 86 deputies and it is sufficient to win the session by a relative majority of only 65 votes.

Source: Middle East News Agency