Al-Rahi: We Pray for Election of President to Breathe Life into Constitutional Institutions
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi hoped on Sunday for an end to the presidential vacuum in the country that began in May 2014.
He said: “We pray for the election of a head of state to revitalize constitutional institutions.”
He made his plea during a sermon at Annaya marking the 50th anniversary of the beatification of Saint Charbel.
The patriarch made his plea to the saint to enlighten politicians to end the vacuum crippling Lebanon's highest Christian post.
Al-Rahi also called for political solutions to regional conflicts, hoping for the safe return of refugees to their homeland.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps have been thwarting the election of a president.
Numerous presidential election sessions have been scheduled, the majority of which were not convened due to a lack of quorum at parliament caused by a boycott of Hizbullah's Loyalty to the Resistance and MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform blocs.
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