MP Paula Yacoubian: The Lebanese political class does not want a president capable of doing anything
MP Firas Hamdan: When the Constitution is in our favor, we rely on it; when it isn’t, we step over it
MP Waddah Sadek: The country is on its deathbed, and it is our duty to stop the bleeding
MP Michel Moawad: We are at a turning point, and it is time to elect a decisive, inclusive, and unambiguous president
MP Samy Gemayel: We are in a country with militia weapons, Israeli occupation, and a lack of sovereignty, and what is worse than violating the constitution is the selective violation of it
Gemayel: I say to my colleagues in Hezbollah and Amal, this country belongs to all of us, we will not accept that any Lebanese live the oppression, betrayal, and killing we have experienced at the hands of another Lebanese, and we must rebuild this country hand in hand
Bou Saab: We are facing a real opportunity to end the vacuum, we hope that we will not leave the hall before electing a president, and this opportunity will not come again if we fail
MPs are currently casting their votes for the presidential election
Notably, the seating arrangement in the Presidential Hall during the presidential election session placed MP Gebran Bassil, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, alongside MPs Ibrahim Kanaan and Simon Abi Ramia, both of whom had previously resigned from the movement.
They sat next to each other without the cameras capturing any interaction or conversation between them.
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