Former President Michel Suleiman condemned on Saturday the ongoing failure to elect a new president more than a year after his term ended.

He told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3): “We demand the elimination of the two-thirds quorum at parliament to elect a president after we reached a dead end in this matter and none of the candidates garnered a majority of votes.”

In addition, he warned against “describing a strong president as one who only defends his sect.”

“A head of state should represent the whole of Lebanon, Muslims and Christians alike,” Suleiman stressed.

Furthermore, he criticized the proposal made by the Change and Reform bloc over electing a president through a popular vote.

“Such a suggestion cannot be applied now and it manipulates the Taef Accord,” he noted.

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