Lebanon's parliament fails for a fourth time to elect a successor to President Michel Aoun, with lawmakers divided over a candidate opposed by Hezbollah
A total of 50 lawmakers in Lebanon's 128-seat parliament left their votes blank, many from the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies.
But Moawad, who won 39 votes on Monday, was still was far short the 86 ballots needed – two-thirds of seats – to win. "No bloc in parliament can impose a president, not Hezbollah nor anyone else," said Elias Hankash, a lawmaker from the Kataeb Party that supports Moawad.
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