Al-Rahi Laments Presidential Deadlock: Politicians Steering us towards Chaos

W460

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lashed out at politicians Sunday, accusing them of steering the country according to their own interests and whims.

“No one has the right to deprive the country from it's head of state,” al-Rahi said during sermon from at Our Lady of Lebanon basilica in Harissa.

He stressed that “no one is allowed to toss the country and the people in a state of chaos.”

“They are managing the fate of the country according to their own desires and interest.”

He called on politicians to cooperate and prioritize the affairs of citizens who granted them power.

Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.

Ongoing disputes between the March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have so far thwarted the polls.

Al-Rahi is celebrating a mass in Harissa as part of jubilation set to welcome Our Lady of Fatima.

The sacred statue arrived in Beirut Friday.

The statue will later on Sunday be transferred to Miziara.

Al-Rahi also expressed regret a shoot-out in northwest Idlib province by al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front members, who killed at least 20 members of the country's Druze minority.

The Idlib killings were the deadliest since Syria's civil war started in March 2011 against the minority Druze sect, which has been split between supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad — but has largely stayed out of the fighting.

H.K

Comments 7
Thumb EagleDawn 14 June 2015, 13:35

16 minutes ago Gunmen exchanged fire in al-Sharawneh neighborhood in the Bekaa city of Baalbek, causing material damage.

But there is a Security plan in the Bekaa, LOL.

Missing humble 14 June 2015, 14:24

Dear Batrak,
Get rid of the mareedman of Rabiyeh. He is destroying the Christians.

Thumb gma-bs-artist. 14 June 2015, 15:16

Politicians Steering us towards Chaos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-p6xfQ2eI

Thumb -phoenix1 14 June 2015, 15:30

Your Eminence, lamenting is not the solution, imposition of your will is the solution. Should you remain soft and passive, so will the problem grow.

Thumb farsical.resistance 14 June 2015, 16:42

Michel Aoun has no shame he'll do anything to become president..

http://s12.postimg.org/qx2iq598d/aoun.jpg

Thumb -phoenix1 14 June 2015, 20:39

Tricky, you said and I quote: "hariri corrupted geagea...". Well, that's your opinion anyway, but if I may ask, "between Aoun and Nasrallah, who will corrupt the other. Or wait, apparently one can't teach the the other new tricks, MOU?

Missing humble 14 June 2015, 23:32

Walla walla ....you know exactly and precisely how he is reacting