Representatives elect a new speaker for the Lebanese Parliament

Two weeks after the elections, the new members of parliament will also vote for the vice president and form the committees of the unicameral body, which in Lebanon is divided equally between Christians and Muslims.

The session will start at 11:00 local time in Najma Square, the seat of Parliament, in the center of the capital. As for the position of head of the institution, the name of Nabih Berri appears as a main candidate.

Berri leads the Amal movement, aged 84, and if he gets the preferences, he will serve as the speaker of the Legislative Council for the seventh time since 1992.

The constitution stipulates that the quorum required to appoint the President of the Republic is 65 deputies and he wins if he obtains a proportional majority.

Berri is considered a political supporter within the state, and establishes a balance for the Shiite sect in terms of representation, and analysts refer to the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.

Yesterday, Representative Berri asked his supporters to refrain completely from opening fire during the organization of any occasion for the election of the Speaker of Parliament.

He stressed that the tradition of shooting in the air transformed joy into sadness and hurt people, and called in this sense to support the people to promote civil peace and protect the lives of the Lebanese.

In the race for the position of Vice President of the Republic: Elias Bou Saab (Free Patriotic Movement), Ghassan Hasbani (Lebanese Forces), Melhem Khalaf (Block October 17), Sajeeh Attia (Akkar), Ghassan Skaf (Beqaa), a publication was revealed from the website Naharnet.

Lebanon recognizes 18 religious sects, and the National Charter for Independence from France in 1943 stipulated that the president of the republic be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the Shiite parliament, and so on with other positions. .

However, the 1989 Taif Agreement, which ended the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), established a power-sharing formula based on quotas that gave each of the large religious communities (Muslim and Christian) 64 seats in parliament.

Forty-one percent of the nearly four million Lebanese registered in the electoral roll on Sunday, May 15, exercised their constitutional right, amid doubts about forming a government capable of advancing the nation.

JCM / YMA