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Lebanon’s new parliament narrowly elects longtime speaker

Newly elected independent members of parliament from the 2019 protest movement and and their supporters arrive to the legislature, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mark Tawk, a newly elected member of parliament from the 2019 protest movement, holds a poster that shows victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 massive explosion in Beirut's port, as he arrives to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lawmakers elect a house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, who has held the post for 30 years, was re-elected for a seventh four-year term Tuesday with the minimum number of required votes, a reflection of a shift in public opinion in the crumbling nation on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Elias Jaradi, a newly elected member of parliament from the 2019 protest movement, raises his fist as he arrives to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Nabih Berri, Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lawmakers from the Hezbollah parliamentary block headed by Mohammed Raad, right, arrive to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, who has held the post for 30 years, was re-elected for a seventh four-year term Tuesday with the minimum number of required votes, a reflection of a shift in public opinion in the crumbling nation on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Newly elected independent members of parliament from the 2019 protest movement and and their supporters arrive to the legislature, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mark Tawk, a newly elected member of parliament from the 2019 protest movement, holds a poster that shows victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 massive explosion in Beirut's port, as he arrives to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lawmakers elect a house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, who has held the post for 30 years, was re-elected for a seventh four-year term Tuesday with the minimum number of required votes, a reflection of a shift in public opinion in the crumbling nation on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Elias Jaradi, a newly elected member of parliament from the 2019 protest movement, raises his fist as he arrives to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Nabih Berri, Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lawmakers from the Hezbollah parliamentary block headed by Mohammed Raad, right, arrive to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, who has held the post for 30 years, was re-elected for a seventh four-year term Tuesday with the minimum number of required votes, a reflection of a shift in public opinion in the crumbling nation on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Newly elected independent members of parliament from the 2019 protest movement and and their supporters arrive to the legislature, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mark Tawk, a newly elected member of parliament from the 2019 protest movement, holds a poster that shows victims of the Aug. 4, 2020 massive explosion in Beirut's port, as he arrives to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lawmakers elect a house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, who has held the post for 30 years, was re-elected for a seventh four-year term Tuesday with the minimum number of required votes, a reflection of a shift in public opinion in the crumbling nation on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Elias Jaradi, a newly elected member of parliament from the 2019 protest movement, raises his fist as he arrives to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Nabih Berri, Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Lawmakers from the Hezbollah parliamentary block headed by Mohammed Raad, right, arrive to attend the election of the house speaker, at the parliament building, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's longtime parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, who has held the post for 30 years, was re-elected for a seventh four-year term Tuesday with the minimum number of required votes, a reflection of a shift in public opinion in the crumbling nation on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker, who has held the post for 30 years has been re-elected for a seventh four-year term with a slim majority despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Thirteen independent candidates drawn from the 2019 protest movement walk toward parliament building from Beirut’s port the scene of a massive explosion in August 2020, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Thirteen independent candidates drawn from the 2019 protest movement walk toward parliament building from Beirut’s port the scene of a massive explosion in August 2020, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Thirteen independent candidates drawn from the 2019 protest movement walk toward parliament building from Beirut’s port the scene of a massive explosion in August 2020, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Thirteen independent candidates drawn from the 2019 protest movement walk toward parliament building from Beirut’s port the scene of a massive explosion in August 2020, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Thirteen independent candidates drawn from the 2019 protest movement walk toward parliament building from Beirut’s port the scene of a massive explosion in August 2020, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Lebanon's new parliament is holding its first meeting during which longtime speaker Nabih Berri is expected to be elected for a seventh four-year term, despite more than a dozen new lawmakers who won seats running on a reform platform. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)