Al-Rahi Tells Hizbullah Delegation Constitutional Junctures Must Happen in 'Consensual' Manner
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Friday said that “constitutional junctures” must happen in a “consensual and responsible manner,” according to state-run National News Agency.
Al-Rahi voiced his remarks during a meeting in Bkirki with a Hizbullah delegation comprising politburo member Ghaleb Abu Zainab and Hajj Mustafa al-Hajj Ali. Bishop Samir Mazloum and national dialogue committee member Hareth Shehab also attended the talks according to NNA.
During the meeting, al-Rahi stressed “the need to hold the constitutional junctures in a consensual and responsible manner which would restore the normal and democratic cycle of political life and constitutional institutions in Lebanon.”
For his part, Abu Zainab stated after the meeting that “consultations with His Eminence are an essential and necessary thing during this period,” noting that “positive atmospheres engulfed the meeting.”
The Hizbullah official hoped “these atmospheres will reflect on all the talks that are ongoing in the country to pull it out of its domestic crises.”
He also hoped the cabinet formation process and the presidential election will take place according to the “national and constitutional spirit.”
Meanwhile, MTV said al-Rahi reportedly told the Hizbullah delegation that "a consensual, all-embracing cabinet is better than a disputed de facto cabinet."
Amid a flurry of talks among political forces on the formation of a new government, former Premier Saad Hariri reportedly accepted the so-called 8-8-8 cabinet formula on Friday, as President Michel Suleiman stated he will form a government within 10 days if no consensus was reached between political foes.
10 January 2014, 20:46
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With all due respect to your person your eminence as well as high reverence to the post that you hold in the church; please remove yourself from political life. Religious figures are spiritual leaders and should never be involved in politics. This is my humble request of you.
10 January 2014, 20:52
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I am not sure what the reference "de facto cabinet" means but the only salvation for Lebanon now is a government that will be at equal distance from the two entrenched political parties: One that oppresses at gunpoint and the other that cowardly obeys but cries foul at the same time.
M8 & M14 is a sickening gripping vice and the Lebanese people are stuck in the middle. Time to try something different no?
11 January 2014, 01:18
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This is disgusting, that the Patriarch would meet with a known Terrorist organization, whose members have been indicted for killing former Prime Minster Rafik Hariri and others.
To pretend that the assassination didn't happen, and to meet with these thugs, is an insult to Hariri, Gemayel, Tueni, Kassir, Hawi, Eid, al Hassan, Ghanem, Eido, Murr, Chidiac, Hamadeh, their families, and all the Lebanese.
This is what the rat meant when he said they survived the indictments.
11 January 2014, 04:22
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M8 denies lebanese elecciones, but they hold onto power? even if m14 and other join them, none of them have political legitimacy. they need 2 be toppled asap. we need a rebellion similar 2 the one in syria.
11 January 2014, 07:36
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He also justified the arms of khizbollah while israel occupies palestinian land
