Outgoing Lebanese president presses parliamemt to pick successor
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Lebanese President Michel #Sleiman on Saturday called on parliamentarians to elect a successor without delay, as his mandate comes to a end amid huge divide between the country’s two main camps. Sleiman’s mandate expires on Sunday, and the government headed by Prime Minister Tammam Salam is set to assume all executive powers. Parliament has convened five times in the past two months to try to elect a president ahead of the expiry of Sleiman’s mandate, but failed each time. read more