Lebanese lawmakers continue sit-in to push for new president election

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Lebanese lawmakers continue sit-in to push for new president election

STORY: Lebanese lawmakers continue sit-in to push for new president election DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:42 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of MPs implementing a sit-in inside the parliament 2. various of protesters demonstrating near the parliament 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ELIAS HANKASH, Parliament member 4. various of people demonstrating 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ADNAN ABDALLAH, Local citizen 6. various of protests 7. various of the parliament STORYLINE: Around 10 Lebanese parliament members (MPs) on Saturday continued their sit-in inside the parliament as lawmakers failed for the 11th time on Thursday to elect a new president for the republic. The sit-in started on Thursday with two parliament members only, who were later joined by others, vowing not to leave the parliament until a new president is elected. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ELIAS HANKASH, Parliament member "I believe this is our duty to be here with them. We are here since yesterday as the Lebanese Kataeb Party.

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