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Will patriarch's plan lead to new Lebanese president?

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai has proposed an initiative to allow a president to be elected with only an absolute majority of the vote.
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai reads as he is surrounded by security personnel during his a visit to Birim, a northern Israeli village whose Maronite Christian residents were displaced 66 years ago May 28, 2014. The Lebanese church leader who defied warnings from the powerful Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah movement by accompanying the Pope on a Holy Land visit pledged on Wednesday to help dispossessed Christians in Israel.  REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR
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The ninth session to elect a president for the Lebanese Republic failed on July 23 to convene for lack of a quorum. The date marked two months of presidential vacuum. Domestic and international efforts have led to a settlement that would bring Lebanon back on track.

Further complicating things, the political crisis opened the doors to a constitutional crisis and the political struggle turned into a dispute over the constitution and its interpretation.

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