NNA - Kataeb Party Political Bureau on Tuesday warned in a statement issued following its periodic meeting chaired by Party Leader, MP Sami Gemayel, against normalizing the concept of presidential vacuum.

“There shall be no regularity in the country’s constitutional life at the absence of a president of the republic; he is the head of power who is entrusted with the responsibility of calling for government consultations, issuing decrees to form a government, signing laws and decrees, and thus regulating the work of institutions,” the statement read, calling for full compliance with the constitution, which stipulates in Articles 73, 74, and 75 that the Council should meet immediately by virtue of the law and elect a head of state prior to any other measures. 

The Kataeb Party’s statement then affirmed that its deputies will not participate in any parliamentary activity that isn’t under the constitution. 

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