Lebanon set to hold session to elect new president ...Kuwait

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Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri will call for a session to elect a new president on September 29, an official source told Reuters, despite no political consensus on a candidate. The session will be held just over a month before current President Michel Aoun's term is set to end on October 31. By convention, the president of Lebanon is a Christian Maronite, and the main responsibility is to serve as a symbol of the nation's unity.  In parliament, a president is elected by way of a secret ballot and a two-thirds majority in the first session, with an absolute majority in subsequent rounds. Given Lebanon's myriad of crises, the coming election is set to be one

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