The Lebanese parliament failed for the fifth time to elect a president of the republic, ten days after Lebanon found itself in a presidential vacuum, and at ten in the morning, deputies began to flock to Nejmeh Square to participate in the session, where there is competition. centered between candidate Michel Moawad and the White Paper version.
After the start of the session and after the end of the first session, the voting results were as follows: Michel Moawad 44 votes, 47 white papers, Issam Khalifa 6 votes, New Lebanon 7 votes and one document each for Ziad Baroud. and Ziad Hayek for Lebanon and the abolished newspaper. After the votes were counted, the 8 March deputies canceled the quorum, and the speaker of parliament, Nabih Berri, adjourned the meeting, announcing the holding of the sixth electoral session the next day, 17 November.
A constitutional debate took place between Berry and MP Melhem Khalaf, who proposed an open electoral session ending only with the election of a president, given that a two-thirds quorum should not be accepted.
