Presidential vacuum in Leba**n as MPs divided
 

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8...027d6d09b5.jpgLebanese President Michel Sleiman called on MPs to elect a successor without delay with his mandate ending on Sunday and rival political blocs still divided over a new leader. Sleiman's mandate expires at midnight Saturday, and the government led by Prime Minister Tammam Salam set to assume executive powers in the tiny Mediterranean country. Leba**n's political paralysis is mainly due to a deep political rift between two rival camps over the conflict in Syria, the powerful neighbour that dominated Beirut for 30 years until 2005. The March 14 coalition, led by Sunni leader and ex-prime minister Saad Hariri and Christian presidential candidate Samir Geagea, opposes the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad.




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