BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai offered his support Tuesday to efforts announced by March 14 politicians to reduce the quorum required to hold a presidential election session in Parliament from two-thirds to 50 percent plus one.

The move seeks to undermine a boycott of the presidential election by March 8 lawmakers, whose year-long protest has seen more than 20 election sessions fail to reach quorum.

A delegation of March 14 figures visited Rai to launch the effort Tuesday, a day after Lebanon marked one year without a head of state.

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