Lebanon parliament speaker proposes vote by year-endBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon s parliament speaker on Monday proposed holding a legislative election before the end of the year, bringing it forward from May 2018. The proposal  supports the national interest ... (and is) in the spirit of the law where elections must be held as soon as possible,  Nabih Berri said in a televised statement. The current parliament s mandate would, under the proposal, end on Dec. 31 with the election to take place before that date, he said. Lebanon s parliament has extended its own mandate three times since current lawmakers were elected in 2009 for what was meant to be a four-year term. In June the cabinet approved a new law which extended parliament s term for 11 months for  technical reasons , tentatively setting elections for May 2018. Sectarian divisions have long plagued politics in Lebanon, exacerbated by the Syrian conflict and complicated by rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which back different groups in the country. Lebanese activists accuse politicians of using regional upheaval as an excuse to dodge elections. Political wrangling left the country without a president for 29 months before Michel Aoun was elected in October last year. worldnews
lebanon parliament speaker proposes vote reuters lebanon parliament speaker monday proposed holding legislative election end year bringing forward may the proposal supports national interest spirit law elections must held soon possible tabid berry said televised statement the current parliament mandate would proposal end election take place date said lebanon parliament extended mandate three times since current lawmakers elected meant term in june cabinet approved new law extended parliament term months technical reasons tentatively setting elections may sectarian divisions long plagued politics lebanon exacerbated syrian conflict complicated rivalry iran saudi arabia back different groups country lebanese activists accuse politicians using regional upheaval excuse dodge elections political ranging left country without president months michel noun elected october last year worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Lebanon parliament speaker proposes vote by year-endBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon s parliament speaker on Monday proposed holding a legislative election before the end of the year, bringing it forward from May 2018. The proposal  supports the national interest ... (and is) in the spirit of the law where elections must be held as soon as possible,  Nabih Berri said in a televised statement. The current parliament s mandate would, under the proposal, end on Dec. 31 with the election to take place before that date, he said. Lebanon s parliament has extended its own mandate three times since current lawmakers were elected in 2009 for what was meant to be a four-year term. In June the cabinet approved a new law which extended parliament s term for 11 months for  technical reasons , tentatively setting elections for May 2018. Sectarian divisions have long plagued politics in Lebanon, exacerbated by the Syrian conflict and complicated by rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which back different groups in the country. Lebanese activists accuse politicians of using regional upheaval as an excuse to dodge elections. Political wrangling left the country without a president for 29 months before Michel Aoun was elected in October last year. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: lebanon parliament speaker proposes vote reuters lebanon parliament speaker monday proposed holding legislative election end year bringing forward may the proposal supports national interest spirit law elections must held soon possible tabid berry said televised statement the current parliament mandate would proposal end election take place date said lebanon parliament extended mandate three times since current lawmakers elected meant term in june cabinet approved new law extended parliament term months technical reasons tentatively setting elections may sectarian divisions long plagued politics lebanon exacerbated syrian conflict complicated rivalry iran saudi arabia back different groups country lebanese activists accuse politicians using regional upheaval excuse dodge elections political ranging left country without president months michel noun elected october last year worldnews