Parliament’s opposition forces, represented by the Lebanese Forces, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), the Kataeb, the Change Movement and other independent deputies, have failed on Thursday to reach consensus over a unified candidate for the presidency.
During a parliamentary session devoted to the election of a successor to President Michel Aoun, the opposition’s votes were distributed as follows: 36 deputies voted for the head of the Independence Movement, MP Michel Mouawad, 11 others chose businessman Salim Eddeh, son of the late minister Michel Eddeh, and 10 wrote “Lebanon” on the ballot paper.
