LF Bloc Thanks MPs over 'Precious Trust' Placed in Geagea
The Lebanese Forces bloc thanked on Thursday lawmakers for placing their trust in LF chief Samir Geagea during the first round of the presidential elections a day earlier.
The bloc said in a short statement that the “precious trust … was an essential motive for him to stay in the battle for the presidency.”
“The democratic battle is aimed at achieving the patriotic objectives that we all aspire,” it added.
Lawmakers failed to elect a new president on Wednesday as no candidate was able to garner the needed two-thirds of votes to become Lebanon's next head of state.
The session was attended by 124 of parliament's 128 members.
But Geagea, who was backed by the March 14 alliance, received the votes of only 48 MPs.
Sixteen lawmakers voted for Aley MP Henri Helou, one for Kataeb party chief ex-President Amin Gemayel and 52 MPs, mainly March 8 alliance members, cast blank ballots.
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