Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called on Wednesday for parliament to elect a new president on April 23, in a race overshadowed by growing violence and political paralysis. president Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends in late May. parliament must approve his successor with a two-thirds majority but political sources say the process is likely to be delayed, possibly for months, due to divisions in parliament over the Syrian war. Leba**n's National News Agency said Berri had called Cardinal Beshara al-Rai, the head of Leba**n's Maronite Christian Church, and informed him of his decision. Under Leba**n's political system, which seeks to guarantee representation for its various sects and religions, the president must be a Maronite Christian.
04-17-2014, 08:37 PM
Speaker calls on Lebanese parliament to elect president on April 23
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