Berri calls for #Lebanon presidential vote to take place on April 23
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Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche)
Lebanon’s parliament is to convene on April 23 to elect a new president to succeed Michel Sleiman, whose term ends on May 25, the Lebanese National News Agency reported Wednesday. “Parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri has called for a session on Wednesday April 23 to elect a new president of the republic,” the official news agency said. Lebanon’s president, who must come from the country’s Maronite Christian community, is elected by a vote in the parliament. The NNA reported that Berri informed Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai of the date set for the election. read (...)