Lebanon’s Parliament sets new date for President’s election

By SPA,

Beirut, Lebanon : Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has scheduled May 13 as a new date for the Legislature to try elects a new president for the country.

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Berri’s decision Saturday comes after the deeply divided Parliament failed four days earlier in its 17th try to elect a new president.

Berri, who is aligned with the opposition, has called on the parliamentary majority to sit down for a national dialogue before the parliament meets on May 13.

The parliament has failed to elect a new head of state since President Emile Lahoud’s term ended in November.