After Parliament approves the amnesty law, President Aoun now holds three choices: to sign it, reject it, or leave it unsigned without legal consequence.
The file has now moved to the presidency after Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri signed off on the laws passed by the general assembly. According to constitutional sources, the president has three defined options for handling the amnesty law.
First, the president can sign and publish the law directly, giving it the natural path toward implementation. Second, he may return it to Parliament for reconsideration, an option that opens the door to fresh debate among deputies over its provisions and content. Third, he can leave it unsigned during the constitutional period set at one month, in which case the law takes effect automatically when that period expires.
Each of these options carries political weight given the disagreement within the executive authority. Sources say any presidential move will be read in light of the tensions between the prime minister and the defense minister, interpreted as a stance on how this dispute unfolds rather than simply a matter of constitutional procedure.
