Things area a bit shaky in Lebanon at the moment:
From tomorrow the Middle Eastern state will not have a president, despite months of negotiation between Christian and pro-Syrian elements.
Final efforts failed when it became clear no agreement was to be reached earlier today. Nabih Berri, speaker of the Lebanese parliament, announced that further consultation would take place before another attempt on November 30th.
For the next week the small state faces a power vacuum which many fear could result in violent clashes on the streets of Beirut.
Pro-western prime minister Fouad Siniora will assume the presidency’s powers with his cabinet in the interim, a move bitterly contested by his opponents.
The Lebanese army has deployed in force in an attempt to provide security.
Beirut Spring looks for an update in the local papers but:
Who cares if this is one of the most crucial days in our recent history? Lebanese newspapers are entitled to their “Indpendence Day” holiday (with Almustaqbal being a honorable exception). In other words, our journalists are celebrating a fake independence instead on covering attempts at creating a new one. Talk about Irony.
From Beirut to the Beltway has an update:
LBC reports the Siniora government will consider Lahoud’s declaration worthless and unconstitutional, as the council of ministers is the only body allowed to declare a state of emergency, and only for 7 days.
This is going to get interesting.
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November 24th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
With Lebanon not having a president at this time we should all do everything we can to bring it together not split it further apart . I found this site http://www.ilovelebanon.com you can get a free email account and and support Lebanon .