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The Lebanese Parliament elected Joseph Aoun, the new president of Lebanon, after a second round of elections, on Thursday afternoon.
Aoun received 99 votes out of 128 in the second round, after Aoun did not obtain the two-thirds majority required to win the presidency during the first round of parliamentary voting before that.
In the first round of voting, former army commander Joseph Aoun received 71 votes.
The Council witnessed an intense debate during the election of the country’s president, according to what was confirmed by the official Lebanese News Agency.
She indicated that the session was held in the presence of French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, Saudi envoy Yazid bin Farhan, ambassadors of the Five-Year Committee and a number of diplomats.
Aoun was sworn in as president of the country, and said in his speech: “Today begins a new phase in Lebanon’s history. I promise you that I will exercise the full powers of the President of the Republic as a fair arbiter between institutions. We have reached the moment of truth and we are in a governance crisis that is supposed to change political and economic performance.”
-He added: “Lebanon has remained as it is despite the wars, bombings, and mismanagement of our crises.”
He added: “If we want to build a nation, we must all be under the law. There should be no interference in the judiciary and police stations, no favoritism, and no immunities for any criminal or corrupt person.”
Since the end of Michel Aoun’s term two years ago, Parliament has failed to elect a new president during 13 sessions over two years, the last of which was on June 14, 2023, and Lebanon has entered into a presidential vacancy, the sixth in its modern history.
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