It is a day in advance that Michel Aoun chose to leave the presidential palace of Baabda to go to his new private home, his six-year term expiring on October 31 at midnight.
An ostentatious choice supported by his supporters, who had erected tents the evening before to escort his departure, uncertain, a few days ago.
Because no one will immediately replace the Lebanese head of state, the Parliament having not elected a successor.
And the "general", as the former commander-in-chief of the army is still called, had let it be believed that he could decide not to leave the position unoccupied.
This is not the first time that the Baabda palace has found itself vacant at the end of a presidential term.
Since the end of the civil war in 1990, no presidential term has taken place under normal circumstances.
The first president, René Moawad, was assassinated shortly after taking office.
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