BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun suspended parliament for a month on Wednesday, temporarily blocking plans to extend the assembly's term without election for the third time since 2013 to try to push politicians to agree election law reforms.
Parliament was expected to vote on Thursday to extend its own mandate again until 2018, officials said. The lawmakers were elected in 2009 for what was meant to be a four-year term.
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