(MENAFN) Lebanon's parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, believes that even if Michel Aoun is elected president next week after a vacancy of more than two years forming a government will take from five to six months.
Berri, one of the most enduring figures in Lebanese politics, is one of Aoun's main political opponents.
While Aoun might not secure the two-thirds majority of members of parliament needed for election in a first round of voting, sources say he could probably win by a simple majority in a second round.
Lebanon has been without a president for more than two years, part of a political crisis that has resulted in a breakdown in many basic services and concerns about the country's stability.
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