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| Lebanon to elect new president within 24 hours |
| 2008-05-22 |
| (Xinhua) -- Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani said Wednesday that Lebanese rival leaders have agreed to elect a new president within 24 hours, local NBN TV reported. Lebanese leaders reached an agreement in Doha talks on resolving the current political crisis, Sheikh Hamad was quoted assaying. He announced that the rival leaders agreed to elect Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as a new president in the upcoming 24 hours, to form a government based on a 16-11-3 formula(16 for the majority, 11 for the opposition and 3 to be chosen by the president) and adopting 1960 electoral law. The agreement called for the state control over all Lebanese areas, and the refrain by all groups from the use of arms to achieve political gains. "Weapons and violence would not be used in political differences," Sheikh Hamad announced, adding that "the security and military control would be in the state hands to preserve coexistence among the Lebanese." |
| Posted by:Fred |