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Beirut: Arab League chief Amr Mussa was expected in Beirut Wednesday in a bid to push rival political leaders to accept a joint Arab proposal to end the country's long-running presidential crisis.
The initiative is based on a three-point plan that calls for the election of army chief General Michel Sleiman, the formation of a national unity government in which no one party has veto power and the adoption of a new electoral law.
Lebanon has been without a president since November 23, when Emile Lahoud stepped down with no elected successor because of a bitter power struggle between the Western-backed majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition, supported by Syria and Iran.
A vote in the Lebanese parliament to elect a new head of state has been postponed 11 times, and lawmakers are now due to meet again on January 12 for a fresh attempt.
The Arab League plan is the latest in a string of international proposals to end the stalemate that is threatening the country's stability.
It has received wide backing from the international community as well as Lebanon's ruling majority.
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