Geagea Urges Fund Allocation for Municipal Elections

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geaega stressed on Thursday the necessity to allocate the necessary funds to hold the municipal elections on time.

“The cabinet should swiftly secure the funding necessary to hold the municipal elections,” said Geagea via Twitter.

The 20-month vacuum at the top state post has raised questions on whether the municipal elections set for later this year will be held on time.

Different political figures, including Speaker Nabih Berri, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq, Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun and the Mustaqbal movement, have expressed early in January their support to hold the polls on the scheduled time.

Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.

Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.

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