Lebanese parliament extended on Wednesday its term till the year of 2017, al-Manar correspondent said.

Lebanese parliament extended on Wednesday its term till the year of 2017, al-Manar correspondent said.

Our reporter said that 96 lawmakers voted in favor of the draft-law, noting that 97 MPs attended the parliamentary session.

The draft-law on the extension of parliament's tenure for two years and seven months until June 20, 2017, which had been proposed by Zahle MP Nicolas Fattoush, received the vote of 95 MPs.

Christian MPs from the Free Patriotic Movement and the Kataeb Party boycotted the vote while Marada Movement and Tashnag Party representatives in the bloc attended the session.

Members of Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh's bloc voted for the extension as Tashnag's two lawmakers voted against it.