A shop for rent in Beirut. (Credit: Magaly Abboud/L'Orient-Le Jour)
The law on nonresidential leases was published Thursday in the Official Gazette and is now in effect. Its official publication was requested by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam last week, after it was approved and promulgated by President Joseph Aoun.The text had already been published once, on April 3, but on April 17, Aoun filed an appeal, challenging the constitutionality of the promulgation process. On May 20, the Constitutional Council declared the law “inapplicable.”Parliament adopted the law in December 2023, during a presidential vacancy that lasted from October 2022 to January 2025. The cabinet at the time, led by then–Prime Minister Najib Mikati, initially approved the text, but Mikati later refused to sign or publish it in the Official Gazette and sent it back to Parliament for reconsideration. He said that his decision was aimed at...
The law on nonresidential leases was published Thursday in the Official Gazette and is now in effect. Its official publication was requested by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam last week, after it was approved and promulgated by President Joseph Aoun.The text had already been published once, on April 3, but on April 17, Aoun filed an appeal, challenging the constitutionality of the promulgation process. On May 20, the Constitutional Council declared the law “inapplicable.”Parliament adopted the law in December 2023, during a presidential vacancy that lasted from October 2022 to January 2025. The cabinet at the time, led by then–Prime Minister Najib Mikati, initially approved the text, but Mikati later refused to sign or publish it in the Official Gazette and sent it back to Parliament for reconsideration. He said that his decision was...