Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi set the date of May 26, 2024 for municipal elections in Beirut, Bekaa and Baalbeck-Hermel governorates, in a decree announced on Monday.
The announcement comes ahead of a parliamentary session scheduled on Thursday, April 25 to decide on the fate of the elections, with the MPs divided between the pro-Hezbollah camp seeking postponement for yet another year, and the opposition who sees no reason for deferment.
The decree also calls for the election of members of municipal councils, mayors and mayors’ councils.
Mawlawi had already set May 19 as a date for municipal elections in North Lebanon and Akkar, and May 12 for Mount Lebanon.
The announcement comes ahead of a parliamentary session scheduled on Thursday, April 25 to decide on the fate of the elections, with the MPs divided between the pro-Hezbollah camp seeking postponement for yet another year, and the opposition who sees no reason for deferment.
The decree also calls for the election of members of municipal councils, mayors and mayors’ councils.
Mawlawi had already set May 19 as a date for municipal elections in North Lebanon and Akkar, and May 12 for Mount Lebanon.
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