Pope Francis has called on Lebanon to elect new President.
According to the reports, he said at Saint Peter’s Square at the end of Sunday Angelus prayer.
The urgent election of the new President would get the governing institutions functioning again.
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I address an urgent invitation to all Lebanese politicians to elect the President of the Republic immediately.
He spoke.
Lebanon institutions need to start functioning normally again to undertake the necessary reforms and sustain the country’s role as an example of peaceful cohabitation between different religions.
Pope Francis added.
Lebanon as a country has been running on its own, without a President since Michael Aoun’s term ended in October 2022.
Lebanese parliamentary Speaker has therefore called for a Presidential election for January 9 in a bid to end a two-year leadership vacuum.
Neither of the two main blocs in Parliament; the Iran backed Hezbollah and its opponents, have the majority required to elect a Head of State and they have been unable to agree a consensus candidate.
