"Up to the challenge, and much more," says the billboard featuring Joseph Aoun, on the side of the highway leading to Hazmieh, on Jan. 9, 2025, the day of his election. (Credit: Philippe Hage Boutros/L’Orient-Le Jour)
The 14th president, General Joseph Aoun, was elected on Thursday, Jan. 9, in the second round, receiving 99 votes in Parliament out of 128 seats. His election follows more than two years of presidential vacancy since the end of Michel Aoun's term on Oct. 31, 2022.What are the next steps for the new Lebanese president according to the Constitution and the customs? L’Orient-Le Jour discussed the matter with Rizk Zgheib, lawyer and associate professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Saint Joseph University in Beirut (USJ).What does the Constitution provide following the election of the president?It is important to distinguish between two situations: The ordinary one and the one resulting from the frequent situation of presidential vacancy between two mandates, which has become a true "national sport" (four times...
The 14th president, General Joseph Aoun, was elected on Thursday, Jan. 9, in the second round, receiving 99 votes in Parliament out of 128 seats. His election follows more than two years of presidential vacancy since the end of Michel Aoun's term on Oct. 31, 2022.What are the next steps for the new Lebanese president according to the Constitution and the customs? L’Orient-Le Jour discussed the matter with Rizk Zgheib, lawyer and associate professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Saint Joseph University in Beirut (USJ).What does the Constitution provide following the election of the president?It is important to distinguish between two situations: The ordinary one and the one resulting from the frequent situation of presidential vacancy between two mandates, which has become a true "national sport" (four...
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