BEIRUT, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – Supporters of Michel Aoun gathered in the Lebanese capital Monday ahead of a parliament session expected to elect him president and end a political stalemate of more than two years. Lawmakers will convene at noon (1000 GMT) for their 46th attempt to elect a president but the first expected to actually produce a result. Security was tight around the parliament and Beirut’s Martyrs Square, where supporters of Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), dressed in their trademark orange, have been gathering for days. The 81-year-old former general has long eyed the presidency, and his candidacy was backed by the powerful Shiite Hezbollah movement, his ally since a surprise rapprochement in 2006.
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Lebanon set to elect president, ending two-year vacuum
