EU countries seeking solution to Lebanon presidential crisis

Sep 13, 2015

Baabda presidential chair awaits the new occupant of the palace . Lebanon has been without a president since May 25th 2014

Discussions are underway in European Union capitals to find a solution to Lebanon’s presidential deadlock by proposing the name of an official who receives consensus, Western diplomatic sources in Lebanon said Sunday.

The sources told the Saudi Okaz daily that the official should receive the support of Hezbollah and the Future Movement.

If the negotiations succeed, then they would lead to the election of a new president and resolve the remaining political problems that Lebanon is suffering from, the report says

Baabda Palace has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman’s term ended ended in May last year.

The Lebanese parliament failed earlier this month and for the 28th time in a row to elect a president to replace Suleiman

As in the past sessions the parliament was unable to reach a quorum because the Iranian backed Hezbollah militant group and its ally MP Michel Aoun’s Change and Reform bloc MPs boycotted the sessions.

Speaker Nabih Berri a key ally of Hezbollah postponed the election to September 30 , 2015 .

3 responses to “EU countries seeking solution to Lebanon presidential crisis”

Rascal

September 15, 2015

Europe and the US had a chance to keep the pressure on Iran through sanction which had put Iran on her knees. Obama did not have the negotiation ability include other regional “issues” including the Hezbullah choke hold on Lebanon and the continued Iranian war in Syria.

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5thDrawer

September 15, 2015

The article does NOT mention the fact ‘The People’ have had no voice, BUT took to the streets when the garbage made the stink too difficult to live with. That they had voted once, and were not allowed to again, seemed to not be a reason to take to the streets … until now. Strange culture.

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5thDrawer

September 17, 2015

And Europe wants to ‘help’ Lebanon?? TOO ??
The Danes say ‘Not a great Idea’ …. ;-))))
http://tothedeathmedia.com/finally-guess-which-country-just-said-hell-no-to-muslim-refugees-the-reason-all-americans-need-to-know/

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