Grand Mufti Marks Hijri Year, Urges Rival Politicians to Elect a President

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Grand Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan urged the rival political leaders attending the national dialogue sessions not to leave their meetings before they elect a new president.

“Do not leave your dialogue sessions unless you consensually agree on electing a new head of state,” Daryan said addressing the interlocutors of the national dialogue during a speech marking the New Islamic Year.

“We are one people and we have only one country to live in, so let us stop the conflicts in order not to lose our youth to migration,” he added.

Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of President Michel Suleiman ended.

The conflicts between the rival March 8 and March 14 alliance have failed so far to elect a successor.

On the latest civil society activity in downtown Beirut that turned chaotic, Daryan said: “We support the righteous demands of the civil society that should be expressed peacefully and under the law, without violating the public and private properties or clashing with the security forces.”

“Lebanon is suffering under political and social pressures, we fear that these crises would trigger instability,” he concluded.

A trash management crisis that started in July, when the Naameh landfill was was closed, triggered a wide series of civil society demonstrations protesting the government’s delay in addressing the matter.

The latest protest last week in downtown Beirut turned chaotic when protesters removed the barbed wires and cement barriers that were placed by the security forces.

The campaigners clashed with the police who used water canons to disperse them.

D.A.

M.T.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 2
Thumb ado.australia 13 October 2015, 15:18

The Grand Mufti Daryan seams like a wise and patriotic man. Happy new Islamic year to our muslim brethren.

Missing humble 13 October 2015, 23:46

Happy New Year to my Muslim brothers.