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Mehr News Agency – Group Bin the international: The political system in Lebanon is parliamentary, and the parliamentary system in Lebanon is affected by the specific sectarian, social and religious situation of this country, which includes Christians, Sunni Muslims, and Shiite Muslims. This system is designed in such a way that all ethnic groups and religions have a share of political power. according to This agreement, the president from among the Christians MaroniPrime Minister from among Sunni Muslims, Speaker of Parliament from Shiites and Deputy Prime Minister from Christians. orthodox is selected Usually, the election of the chairman of the parliament is based on acceptability prophetess go away of the movement AmalIt is an easy matter, but at no point has the process of introducing the Prime Minister and the President been easy.
Lebanon since the end of Michel’s presidency Aoun On October 31, entered a kind of vacuum It has become powerful Lebanon since the end of Michel’s presidency Aoun At the end of last October entered a kind of vacuum It has become powerful. The meeting of the Lebanese parliament to elect the new president of this country was held on Wednesday, June 14, but for the twelfth time, the nomination could not be successful, and the challenge of electing the new president of Lebanon remains strong.
In this meeting, which was held with the presence of all 128 MPs, two main candidates, Jihad Azoor 59 votes and Suleiman French They got 51 votes. Candidates like Ziad Barood and Joseph Aoun They got 7 and 1 votes, respectively, and 9 votes were given to different names. One vote was also declared invalid.
How is the process of electing the president of Lebanon?
According to the rules of the parliament, in the first round of each parliament session, the candidate who gets 86 votes (two-thirds of the votes) will be the winner. Otherwise, the election will be repeated, and in this round, half plus one vote (65 votes) for choice The president will be enough.
Process Martenvar
As mentioned, the election of the president and prime minister in Lebanon is a marathon process Vari and it cannot be expected that the political groups of this country will reach an agreement very easily and before the meeting last Wednesday it was predicted that due to the lack of coherence of the positions, the representatives would not achieve success in this field.
The miserable situation of the “Switzerland of the Middle East”
Lebanon currently has many problems Oh you is suffering and the interim government or the progress of affairs with Prime Minister Najib Miqati is managing the situation with limited powers. The formation of a stable government is tied to the election of the president in Lebanon. The country that was once known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East” has found a miserable situation and is struggling with poverty, unemployment, social, economic and security instability. Since the end of 2019, the situation in Lebanon Roll-back and the daily fall of the lira against the dollar and the emergence of parallel markets with the exchange rate added to the scope of Lebanon’s problems.
Cohesion that is very hard to achieve
The remarkable issue in Lebanon is that the cohesion between groups Lebanese is a difficult task and considering that in Lebanon usually all the words related to national unity and similar words are used in the media, therefore it seems difficult to create unity. In this situation, it is hoped that groups Politicians should agree on a specific candidate for the presidency as soon as possible and stop fighting and wasting time.
It is due to the interference of America and the West
It seems that the situation is not only rooted inside Lebanon and is related to external pressures, especially from the Americans. The interference of the United States and the West in the internal affairs of Lebanon is aimed at creating political change in favor of the American policy and seditious and putting the Lebanese people against the Lebanese resistance, which has liberated the lands and is the protector of Lebanon and its natural resources from greed. practice Hi It is Zionist-American and Western.
Tel Aviv is lurking
There is no doubt that the Zionist regime is lurking in Lebanon, and there is no doubt that America supports the interests of the Zionist regime. It is also obvious to everyone that the Zionist regime is the main beneficiary of any internal crisis in Lebanon. Target Tel Aviv Weakening Lebanon’s resistance and destroying it, in other words, the Zionist regime seeks to push movements to realize its interests. The disarmament of the resistance is only a wish Tel Aviv Is. Supported cyber and media army Tel Aviv and its supporters in line with the flame Ver Lebanon’s internal situation is moving.
The current general situation in Lebanon can be summarized as follows;
– Politicians are not willing to give points and fall short
Lebanon’s economy is on the verge of complete collapse
Daily life has become very difficult
final word
As long as the current situation prevails, there will be no change in the process of electing the new president of Lebanon. In Lebanon, the process is usually finalized when a general agreement has been reached before the meeting, and the representatives do not go to the election, but actually come to the meeting to confirm what was agreed upon. What is certain is that none of the groups are looking to escalate and inflame the differences and the current problem is that there is no strong finisher. which can bring all groups together and balance and decide the fate of the presidency. It seems that Lebanon has not yet reached political maturity and needs to resolve its situation by the international community the international has it.
The fact that all the representatives were present at the election meeting on Wednesday and the president was still not elected is not a good sign and brings concern about a vicious circle. Lebanon will not have a president until further notice and this notice will be repeated. Looking outside to solve the Lebanese crisis is a sign of political immaturity and the lack of independence of its vote.
In any case, Lebanon needs a middle ground to solve the presidential crisis of this country and it should be seen that according to the process of regional developments and convergences, this process will affect the election of the Lebanese president or not?
The election of the president in Lebanon has become a problem that has a negative and destructive effect on the crisis-stricken economic situation of this country. vacuum has created an atmosphere of mistrust in this country and has made the financial and monetary situation of this country more critical than before.
According to the statistics of the World Bank of Lebanon Part of The centers of hunger this year and the situation acute in the field of food security. The Lebanese pound has lost its value against the dollar. Lebanon’s debts have reached more than 102 billion dollars in January 2023. Series B the result The election of the president in Lebanon will push the situation in one direction, the consequences of which will not be bearable for anyone in Lebanon. There is a strong connection between politics and economics. The election of a new president can create trust and confidence in the Lebanese economy and attract domestic and foreign investment.
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