Lebanon’s parliament has – for the twelfth time – did not elect a president and break a political impasse that has gripped the nation for months.
Lawmakers held a session on Wednesday to select a substitute for former President Michel Aoun, whose time period ended final October, however disagreements prevented them from reaching the required thresholds.
The primary competitors was between Jihad Azour, a former finance minister and senior official with the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF), and Sleiman Frangieh, chief of the Marada celebration whose household has an extended historical past in Lebanese politics.
Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr mentioned the Hezbollah alliance walked out simply because it did through the earlier 11 votes, showcasing how “deeply fractured” the Lebanese parliament has grow to be.
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