BEIRUT, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, on Tuesday called for a general session to be held on Thursday to elect a president for the republic.
Since the end of former President Michel Aoun's term on Oct. 31, 2022, Lebanon has been in a presidential vacancy due to political division.
The parliament failed to elect a president for the country in 12 electoral sessions. A caretaker government has been running the country amid the presidential vacuum.
Lebanon needs a president to ratify any laws that parliament passes and unlock aid from the international community. ■
