Change and Reform Hopes for Election of President 'through Lebanese Will'
The Change and Reform bloc demanded on Tuesday that the dispute over the presidential elections be resolved through Lebanese channels.
MP Ibrahim Kanaan said after the bloc's weekly meeting: “We should adhere to the Lebanese will and constitutional means to solve this issue.”
“We have heard of various initiatives, some foreign, to resolve the dispute over the presidency, but this issue must remain a Lebanese one,” he added.
Furthermore, the lawmaker remarked: “We hope that a solution to the presidential vacuum would respect constitutional institutions, Muslim-Christian coexistence, and the people's will.”
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May without the election of his successor.
Ongoing disputes between the March 8 and 14 camps have thwarted the polls.
Jean-François Girault, Director of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa at the French Foreign Ministry, had twice visited Lebanon to attempt to reach a breakthrough in the elections, but he has so far failed.
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