In this May 8, 2016 file photo, Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk talks after closing the polling stations during municipal elections in the Interior Ministry in Beirut. | Photo Credit: REUTERSmore-inLebanon is to hold its first parliamentary elections in nine years on May 6 next year, the media reported. Citing Lebanese news agency NNA, Efe news reported on Friday that Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk signed the decree, which still requires approval from the government. Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said late last month that 92,810 candidates would take part in the next elections, but he didn’t mention a date. The setting of a date for the ballot comes after Prime Minister Saad Hariri suspended the resignation he had announced in Riyadh.

Source: The Hindu December 16, 2017 06:14 UTC