Diplomats to Meet over Fears of Possible Presidential Vacuum
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The European Union Ambassadors to Lebanon, U.S. Ambassador David Hale and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly will hold a meeting next week in Beirut to discuss the Lebanese presidential elections.
According to al-Liwaa newspaper published on Monday, the meeting will be held to urge Lebanese officials to elect a new head of state within the constitutional deadline.
The ambassadors will call on the officials to avert any possible vacuum at the helm of country's top Christian post, which will have a “dangerous” impact on the Lebanese structure and the country's stability.
A diplomatic source told the daily that Plumbly will release a statement after the meeting.
The source revealed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to issue a similar statement to warn of the economic woos that will impact the country if the Lebanese shall fail to elect a new president.
The parliament has so far been unable to elect a new head of state over lack of consensus among the March 8 and 14 alliances over the name of the new head of state, raising fears of a presidential vacuum.
A new parliamentary session is scheduled to take place on Thursday. But the lack of agreement between the political arch-foes will likely lead to a similar boycott by the March 8 alliance's lawmakers.
President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends on May 25.
12 May 2014, 10:16
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Why are diplomats meeting over internal Lebanese affairs? We do not want to be under the mercy of Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Arab states who have no idea what democracy is. No to Saudi Arabian influence!
12 May 2014, 11:08
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As if Iran is a democracy. What have they done besides build militias in various Arab countries that bully the local communities? Saudi has provided millions of aid throughout the years in addition to employment for many Arabs of all religions.
Had it not been for Saudi and Qatar, the Sunnis of Syria would have been slaughtered. Thank God for Saudi and Qatari support and I hope others realize that supporting Iran is ridiculous, especially if one is Arab, when they systemically oppress their own Ahwaz Arab citizens and consider them as "inferior". Had you been born or living in Iran, by default, as an Arab, Shiite or Sunni, you too would have found yourself denied education and healthcare simply for being Arab.
In sum, no Arab country should ever find itself enslaved by the fanatical Iranian government. Revoke the citizenship of all the Ajam throughout the Gulf and ship them back to where they belong!
12 May 2014, 12:30
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popular vote for presidency , will stop outside interference and will bypass the sterile political parties all of them
power to the people
god bless democracy
12 May 2014, 14:27
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been posting this for a while its the first time that passes through
and I have to add
proportionality in parliamentary elections is a must as it gives everybody its right size on the political scene
god bless democracy
