Christian Figures Meet Patriarch: 'Excluding the Christians Unbearable'

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi received on Thursday several Christian officials where talks focused on the latest developments in Lebanon mainly the “marginalization of the Christians,” the state-run National News Agency said.

Rahi met with Kataeb party leader MP Sami Gemayel who left without making a statement.

The Patriarch also held a meeting with MPs Hikmat Deeb and Naamatallah Abi Nasr who were dispatched by the Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun.

Abi Nasr said: “The bloc can’t stand idle and watch the state collapse without making a stance. The bloc has decided to take action at both the media and political levels.”

Deeb on the other hand said that the two MPs briefed the Patriarch with the steps that the bloc plans on take.

He said: “Depriving the Christians, their leaders and employees from development is no longer bearable.”

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