Report: Al-Rahi to Launch Initiative to 'Salvage Lebanon'
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is expected to launch an initiative to stop the growing political crisis from spiraling out of control, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.
Al-Rahi is scheduled to return to the seat of the Maronite church in Bkirki from his summer residence in Diman after canceling a trip abroad, said the newspaper.
It expected the patriarch to ask Maronite leaders to agree on the election of a president during a summit in Bkirki.
Al-Rahi will seek to urge them to assume their patriotic responsibilities because he believes that the political crisis is the result of the vacuum in the country's top Christian post, said the report.
According to al-Joumhouria, al-Rahi will hold contacts with top Lebanese officials, whom he also blames for the Baabda vacuum.
Bishop Boulos Sayah told the daily that “Bkirki does not stand idle and will do all it can to salvage Lebanon.”
The country has been without a president for more than a year, despite nearly 30 attempts by parliament to pick a new one.
Parliament is not functioning because some lawmakers insist on electing a president first.
The disputes between the rival parties have also caused paralysis in the government.
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