BEIRUT — Lebanon on Wednesday, May 7, postponed yet again a parliamentary session to elect a new president amid an ongoing political stalemate.

Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri postponed the session to May 15 as the country’s fiercely divided 128-member legislature, tasked with choosing a head of state, has been unable to agree on a consensus candidate to replace President Michel Sleiman, whose five-year term ends on May 25.

It is unlikely that anyone could garner the 65 votes needed to be elected without political forces agreeing on a candidate ahead of the election.

The vote was originally scheduled for April 30 but parliament speaker Nabih Berri pushed it back one week after legislatures failed to reach a two-thirds quorum due to a boycott by the March 8 political bloc, which has yet to endorse a candidate.

The rival March 14 coalition accuses its opponents of trying to sabotage the election, a charge March 8 bitterly rejects.

Jumblatt, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, routinely switches loyalties between the two main political camps, often tipping the balance in favor of one or the other.