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Presidential elections less than 2 weeks away, Geagea remains only nominee

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geagea samir def 7Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to call for a parliamentary session on April 22 to elect a new president, As Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday.

So far, only Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea has officially announced his candidacy for the post which is reserved for Maronite Christians.

As Safir quoted well-informed sources as saying that lawmakers would be invited to head to parliament on April 22 or 23 to elect a successor to President Michel Suleiman, whose six-year term ends on May 25.

The Constitutional deadline for the election of a head of state started on March 25. But several officials said that Berri would not call for a session if there is lack of agreement among the different parties on the candidate.

Local dailies quoted the speaker as saying that “the Lebanese have a chance to chose a new president unless they want mediation from abroad as they are used to.”

“There is a 90 percent agreement by the different blocs” to hold a session by the end of April, he said. “I will ask my bloc to attend it … It is even ready to stay and sleep at parliament until (a president) is elected.”

Berri expressed confidence that the session would enjoy a two-thirds quorum, although he said “no one can expect what could happen during the session.”

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21 responses to “Presidential elections less than 2 weeks away, Geagea remains only nominee”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Looks to me that THIS IS a de facto agreement, since he’s the only one. Why not get it over with and stop scrabbling around for someone else? Are the lunches at Baada ‘sessions’ really so great they want to do ‘sleep-overs’ now?? Admit it Berri. And DO SOMETHING right.
    OR, otherwise, change the constitution, put some secularity into it, and have a vote by ‘the people’.

    1. habibi Avatar
      habibi

      Are you recalling a dream 5th?

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I can dream with the best of them. 😉
        But I see the Top Maronite has other plans. Might as well keep the dialogues going, eh? :-))))

    2. habibi Avatar
      habibi

      Are you recalling a dream 5th?

  2. Andre Avatar
    Andre

    Does it really matter who is the president?

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Only if he can possibly (improbably) get the rest of them to function.

      1. Andre Avatar
        Andre

        Hi 5thDrawer where are you based?

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Based? Interesting word. :-)))) Canada.

          1. habibi Avatar
            habibi

            Military base ?5th regiment armory?

    2. habibi Avatar
      habibi

      Andre, it does not matter, as long as we continue to have a failed state – we may as well have no president.

  3. Andre Avatar
    Andre

    Does it really matter who is the president?

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Only if he can possibly (improbably) get the rest of them to function.

      1. Andre Avatar
        Andre

        Hi 5thDrawer where are you based?

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Based? Interesting word. :-)))) Canada.
          I thought everyone here knew that by now ….
          Although, I understand it makes me part of the ‘fringe element’ in the world.
          :-))))))))

          1. habibi Avatar
            habibi

            Military base ?5th regiment armory?

    2. habibi Avatar
      habibi

      Andre, it does not matter, as long as we continue to have a failed state – we may as well have no president.

  4. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Any President who comes in, his priorities should be PEACE and SECURITY. This is what the people, all the people are looking for. So the army should secure Tripoli and the bekaa ONCE and for ALL, then the Palestinians camps, then HA arms, and in a parallel move start the PEACE negotiations with Israel. If the Lebanese have PEACE and SECURITY they will do wonders with the economy. So the President should come with a NEW Paradigm of PEACE instead of WAR. Another priority is to push back the Syrian refugees to Syria, let them go to their country and stay in tents, plenty of secured space in Syria, not all of Syria is in a war situation !

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      No-where in Syria is ‘secure’.
      Although I see one report that 20 families left for the insecurity again. Maybe more will follow if they get a month of ‘good feeling’ about the broken concrete. I doubt the food supply is any better.

    2. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Priority yes but all they will be interested in is how much MONEY they can accumulate for the family and how many family members will get post in government so they can control. They are all money and power hungry and in Lebanon that will not change. Look at electricity 30 years later and still talking about it.

  5. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Any President who comes in, his priorities should be PEACE and SECURITY. This is what the people, all the people are looking for. So the army should secure Tripoli and the bekaa ONCE and for ALL, then the Palestinians camps, then HA arms, and in a parallel move start the PEACE negotiations with Israel. If the Lebanese have PEACE and SECURITY they will do wonders with the economy. So the President should come with a NEW Paradigm of PEACE instead of WAR. Another priority is to push back the Syrian refugees to Syria, let them go to their country and stay in tents, plenty of secured space in Syria, not all of Syria is in a war situation !

  6. sweetvirgo Avatar
    sweetvirgo

    God help Lebanon now and always. These politicians speak about what “they” want for Lebanon and all the while ignoring it’s people.

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