Lebanon’s Government Wins Parliamentary Confidence Vote
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Lebanon’s new government under billionaire Najib Mikati won the parliamentary vote of confidence it needs to start work.
A total of 68 lawmakers in the 128-seat parliament voted today for the Cabinet, which is dominated by ministers from the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement and its allies. Supporters of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who didn’t attend, walked out of the chamber in Beirut as voting began. Lawmakers voted after three days of debate on the 30-seat Cabinet’s policy document.