NNA – The count of votes during the parliament#39;s twelfth session to elect a new president of the republic has ended.
Afterwards, Speaker of the House Nabih Berri announced the outcome as follows:nbsp;
Jihad Azour received 59 votes, Sleiman Frangieh received 51 votes, Ziad Baroud received 7 votes, ldquo;The New Lebanonrdquo; received 8 votes, Joseph Aoun received one vote, one lawmaker cast a blank ballot, and one ballot was annulled.
Meanwhile, Speaker Berri adjourned the session after losing quorum.nbsp;
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