{"id":86307,"date":"2023-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=14a21295e319f35616bd9019c7a59d1c"},"modified":"2023-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T00:00:00","slug":"geagea-calls-on-defiance-axis-and-berri-to-learn-from-us-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/geagea-calls-on-defiance-axis-and-berri-to-learn-from-us-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"GEAGEA CALLS ON DEFIANCE AXIS AND BERRI TO LEARN FROM US VOTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday called on the Hezbollah-led Axis of Defiance and Speaker Nabih Berri to \u201cdraw lessons\u201d from the 15 rounds that were held to elect a US House speaker, rejecting what he called \u201cunconstitutional\u201d dialogue over the election of a new president.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf only the MPs of the Axis of Defiance and Speaker Nabih Berri would draw some lessons from what happened this week in the speakership vote of the U.S. House of Representatives,\u201d Geagea said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen competition heated up and no candidate managed to win the needed majority, rounds were held daily, sessions remained open and discussions and dialogues followed the parliamentary sessions until the rivals managed to elect one of them and a U.S. House of Representatives speaker was elected after 15 rounds of voting,\u201d Geagea noted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should happen in the election of a president in Lebanon. Instead of holding folkloric sessions whose fate, result and end are known in advance, the parliament speaker should inform all blocs in advance that he would not adjourn the eleventh electoral session\u2026 until a president is elected,\u201d the LF leader added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how we would reach the election of a president within hours or several days, not through calling for (political) dialogue,\u201d Geagea went on to say, saying \u201cofficial dialogue should take place in parliament between one round and another, not around an unconstitutional dialogue table\u2026 that would cover up for those who are blocking the presidential election,\u201d Geagea went on to say.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: National News Agency &#8211; Lebanon<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday called on the Hezbollah-led Axis of Defiance and Speaker Nabih Berri to \u201cdraw lessons\u201d from the 15 rounds that were held to elect a US House speaker, rejecting what he called \u201cunconstitutional\u201d dialogue ove&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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