The Lebanese parliament failed to elect a new president for the country, after the elections held today resulted in the fact that none of the candidates of the political forces obtained the number of votes necessary to win from the first round of the election, estimated at 86 votes, while the second round of voting was canceled in which whoever gets 65 votes wins. Only, after the session lost its quorum, estimated at 86 deputies.

110 deputies participated in today's session, and candidate Michel Moawad (the Lebanese opposition candidate) got the highest number of votes with 34 votes, while the number of white papers reached 37, and 14 deputies voted for the phrase "New Lebanon", while 15 votes were cancelled.

Candidate Essam Khalifa received 7 votes, Ziyad Baroud got 2 votes, and Salah Haneen got 1 vote.

The session, chaired by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, began with standing for a minute of mourning for the death of former Lebanese Parliament Speaker Hussein Al-Husseini and two former members of the parliament, then the constitutional texts related to the election of a new president for the country and his powers were read.
Source: Middle East News Agency