The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, and the Minister of the Interior, Ahmad Hajjar, surrounded by members of the election supervision commission in Baabda, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Credit: Photo taken from the Presidency's X account)
President Joseph Aoun said on Sunday that he was open to a postponement of the parliamentary elections by “a few months.” He thus effectively gave the green light to a scenario that has been circulating for months in political circles.In theory, everything seems to indicate that the ballot could be held in the summer, a way to resolve the political standoff over the mechanisms related to the expatriates voting or to allow non-residents to travel to Lebanon and cast their ballots during the summer break.But even as this solution appears increasingly likely, a technical committee prepared a report on how to implement Article 112 of the electoral law, which allows non-residents to vote from their countries of residence for six MPs representing the diaspora. Next step Foreign Affairs Ministry calls on its embassies to begin election...
President Joseph Aoun said on Sunday that he was open to a postponement of the parliamentary elections by “a few months.” He thus effectively gave the green light to a scenario that has been circulating for months in political circles.In theory, everything seems to indicate that the ballot could be held in the summer, a way to resolve the political standoff over the mechanisms related to the expatriates voting or to allow non-residents to travel to Lebanon and cast their ballots during the summer break.But even as this solution appears increasingly likely, a technical committee prepared a report on how to implement Article 112 of the electoral law, which allows non-residents to vote from their countries of residence for six MPs representing the diaspora. Next step Foreign Affairs Ministry calls on its embassies to begin election...
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