Miqati government wins confidence of Lebanese parliament
Lebanon, Politics, 4/28/2005

The government of the Lebanese prime minister Najib Miqati has won the confidence of the Lebanese parliament at a great majority.

The government of Miqati won the support of 109 votes out of 125 votes and three abstainers with one opposition voice in conclusion of the ministerial statement discussions which lasted for two days.

News reports in Beirut spoke of a likely political settlement that might please the supporters and the opposition, stating to carry out the elections in its due date, set according to the election law of 2000, if negotiations on a new election law fails.

This came at a time when the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri stressed that the legislative elections will start on May 29 and Lebanon will make the parliamentary elections in several phases extending for weeks.

Berri told journalists on Wednesday "the first date of the elections will be May 29. This is a settled matter and I can confirm it to all the Lebanese and the world. The elections will be made as from May 29th."

Other sources said that Berri who is an alley for Syria announced that date of the elections after reaching an agreement on that in a meeting held on Tuesday with Hizbullah and the Druz leader Walid Junblat and the parliamentary bloc of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.

On may 31, the term of the current parliamentary session in Lebanon expires. the Lebanese constitution states to call for elections at least one month before the date of voting. N.

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