(ANSA) - BAABDAT, OCTOBER 30 - The Lebanese head of state MichelAoun left the presidential palace this morning, on the eve of his term of office on October 31, without a designated successor, aggravating the political stalemate in the country, in full economic collapse.
Before his departure, the president signed a decree challenging the right of the resigning prime minister to lead the country, accentuating the paralysis of the institutions.
Michel Aoun's six-year term ends at midnight Monday without the deputies being able to elect his successor due to their political divisions.
In the last month, parliament has met four times in vain to elect a president: neither the camp of the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah, the powerful armed movement that dominates the political life of Lebanon, nor its opponents have a clear majority to impose a candidate.
Michel Aoun was cheered this morning by thousands of supporters who crowded the outskirts of the Baabdat building, east of Beirut, and escorted him to his private home in a well-to-do suburb of the capital.
"This morning I signed the decree that considers the government to be missionary," announced the president in a speech in front of his followers brandishing his portraits and flags of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), of which he is the founder.
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