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Will Aoun stay in the Baabda Palace after Oct. 31?

The Free Patriotic Movement believes that a caretaker cabinet cannot assume presidential powers. 

Will Aoun stay in the Baabda Palace after Oct. 31?

Supporters of President Michel Aoun holding up his photo during a demonstration near the presidential palace on November 3, 2019. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP

It would be a first for Lebanon. As Michel Aoun’s term of office nears its end, the prospects of electing a new president on time seem increasingly slim. Under the Constitution, in case a presidential vacuum occurs, the prerogatives of the head of...
It would be a first for Lebanon. As Michel Aoun’s term of office nears its end, the prospects of electing a new president on time seem increasingly slim. Under the Constitution, in case a presidential vacuum occurs, the prerogatives of the head of...