The Lebanese parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly granted confidence to the government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
87 lawmakers voted in favor of the government. Kataeb MPs Sami Gemayel, Nadim Gemayel and Samer Saadeh, and MP Khaled Daher withheld their confidence from the cabinet.
MP Imad al-Hout, the only representative in the parliament of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya abstained from voting.
Only 92 out of 127 lawmakers were present during the vote.
The parliament convened on Wednesday for the second day in a row where Hariri responded to the MPs remarks made a day earlier on the ministerial statement.
Lawmakers’ policy statement deliberation was originally set to happen in three consecutive sessions in the morning and evening, but parliamentary blocs sought to cut them short.
A total of 22 lawmakers, representing various parliamentary blocs, commented Tuesday on the policy statement in the morning and evening sessions.
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