U.N. Calls on Lebanese MPs to Elect President as Protests Grow
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The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on Lebanon's parliament to elect a new president to help ease a political crisis that has fueled street protests.
The appeal came after Lebanese lawmakers again failed in their 28th bid to elect a new president and fill the post left vacant since May 2014.
The deadlock in parliament took place against the backdrop of street protests first sparked by frustration over rubbish collection but that have since mushroomed into anger at Lebanon's political class.
After hearing a report from U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag, the 15-member council expressed support for the government, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters.
Council members called on the parliament "to meet and elect a president as soon as possible in order to put an end to the constitutional instability," said Churkin, whose country holds this month's presidency of the council.
A meeting on the Lebanon crisis is expected to take place on the sidelines of the U.N. gathering of world leaders later this month.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Tammam Salam are expected to attend the meeting for the International Support Group for Lebanon, which will also bring together the foreign ministers of major powers.
03 September 2015, 07:26
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FT, mowaten, elusive.m14 and I are the 4 most informative posters on naharnet by 4 country miles. No wonder our comments are always in the VIP section of the top rated comments. We are popular because we represent the truth in propaganda.
03 September 2015, 08:04
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Imagine a compromise is reached and a president is elected, then he or she should ensure that all Lebanese will have equal rights, disconnect religion from politics, corruption subject to criminal law, national educational system.Then a sustainable peace will be reached.If this is not accomplished, like in the past, the nation will be in hibernation waiting for the next earthquake.
03 September 2015, 08:50
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are you aware I am secular shia, I am a member of Hezbollah, and i also support the regime in Iran. Are you also aware I performed 3 pilgrimages to Qom already.
03 September 2015, 08:52
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I wonder where you are and how you are dear flamethrower as you lay in pieces and total tranquility at your final resting place..... RIP Shia Hero
03 September 2015, 08:57
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@lebjack
I respect you and consider you a well informed poster. Do you know why I was banned?
03 September 2015, 12:44
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They're just echoing the last bkirke christian spiritual summit, the one that was supposed to be s christian - muslim spiritual summit before the shiite rep asked for a postponement which prompted bkirke ro make the summit only a christian one
03 September 2015, 13:50
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The election of a new president should be yesterday before today. This time we must have a civilian president, enough of them generals, just a civilian, young, educated, zestful, honest, decent, professional, visionary and brave. Am I asking too much? hell no, we have such people and hell no, they don't have to be from our old feudal system either. We want no warlords like the Claoun or Geagea, just a young clean person. I am proposing to start with, either Ziad Baroud or Dimianos Kattar, two truly superb guys, but Taef too has to go, it is the plague that got us into all this mess, had we a strong president, then all these ridiculous problems wouldn't have existed either.
03 September 2015, 14:17
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From independence till 1990 we had a strong Christian presidency with full unfettered powers yet he still could not handle the troubles in 1958, 1962, 1968, the Cairo agreement in 1969, could not finish up the PLO in 1973, could not even deploy the army in 1975 and on and on and on... Taef was badly implemented by the Syrian occupation and we continued the trend after they left, this BS consensual democracy must stop it's nowhere in the Constitution at least not the way it's being implemented now. Parliamentary majority should rule while the minority opposes, checks and balances and enough with a cabinet that represents everyone joke put in place by the Syrians to control the cabinet, our "leaders" then under duress acquiesce
03 September 2015, 18:14
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Circle, I know about what you wrote, but why do I still feel that your post remains incomplete?
