Lebanon’s parliament is set to vote to elect a president to fill a more than an two-year-long presidential vacuum.

Lebanon’s fractious parliament will try on Thursday to do something it has failed at a dozen times over the past two years: elect a president. How it works: In Lebanon, parliament chooses the president.

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed. But, according to David Wood,

Lebanon’s parliament is set to convene Thursday to attempt to elect a head of state for the 13th time during a presidential vacuum of over two years.