Once the president’s illegitimacy is formally acknowledged by a majority of parliamentarians, all his acts will be considered beyond his constitutional powers, and the process of electing a new president will be firmly on track. This can only be reversed by violence, which is unlikely, so strong is the consensus that Lebanon needs a new president, and so ingrained is the rejection of force by all Lebanese.
拉胡德已经出局。一旦议会中的多数派正式确认其总统职位的非法性，他所有的行动都将被认定超出了其宪法权力范围，选举一位新总统的进程将正式开始。只有暴力才会逆转这一进程，但是不大可能，因为黎巴嫩需要一位新的总统的认同度是如此之高，所有黎巴嫩人民对武力的抵触心理是如此的根深蒂固。尽管我们还必须保持警惕，预防极端集团破坏这一进程，最好的方法是加速上层的变革。