Lebanon’s Berri says presidential vote this week
Lebanon’s Berri says presidential vote this week
DOHA, May 21 (Reuters):
Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday army commander General Michel Suleiman would be elected president this week, filling a post vacant since November because of political crisis in the country. Asked by reporters when parliament would convene to elect Suleiman, Berri said: “This week”. Berri also announced an immediate lifting of an 18-month-old sit-in by the opposition in Beirut after an Arab-brokered deal with the government was reached in Qatar. The protest began on December 1, 2006 when the opposition set up a sprawling tent city on streets leading to Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s offices in a bid to force him to step down.
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