The conclusions reached from the sessions to elect a president so far indicate that the internal picture, clouded by countless complexities, is exacerbated by clear intentions to clash. The fragmented opposition is unable to unify around a candidate; even if it rallied all its votes, it would not secure a majority to enable that candidate's accession to the presidential palace. Similarly, the non-unified front of adversaries is also incapable of coming together or endorsing a specific candidate. Between the two opposing fronts lies a deliberate avoidance of attempts to create a space for consensus to resolve this issue and jointly select a consensus president. This unmistakable scene confirms how far political life has declined, and the failed electoral sessions are a summary of internal division and the glaring incapability of its parties to elect a president for the country, leading only to a deeper widening of the gap and keeping the presidential file trapped at its bottom, constrained by challenges, resentments, provocations, and outbursts that manifest in those sessions and beyond.
MP Adnan Traboulsi tells "Al-Markaziya" that "the blank ballot is ruling the presidential election sessions to date, despite its negative implications on the state of affairs in the country, especially concerning the livelihood of citizens where poverty rates have touched the overwhelming majority deprived of securing even the minimum of a living, healthcare, and access to medication." He expects, in response to a question, that the presidential vacancy will extend into the new year, noting that "the regional conditions we were hoping would improve, especially between Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as regarding relations between Washington, Moscow, and Tehran, have worsened, negatively affecting the situation in Lebanon, which is already interconnected with the regional and international landscape." He concludes: "In this internal situation governed by political and parliamentary vertical division and the external scenario clouded by dark clouds, Lebanon has no choice but to wait until circumstances bring about new developments that could lead to settlements affecting Lebanon in part and push it towards fulfilling the presidential obligation and forming a new government capable of putting the country on the path to recovery."
