Rahi: Parties Have No Right to Further Obstruct Govt. Formation

W460

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Sunday that political parties “have no right” to further obstruct the formation of the country’s government after over two months since the designation of the prime minister.

“Political parties, no matter what they are, have no right to keep obstructing the Cabinet formation after two and a half month since the designation,” said Rahi during the Sunday sermon.

He prayed for Lebanon’s “political stability” through lining up an “efficient and impartial” government that would remain “loyal to Lebanon, its people, entity and institutions.”

On the Russian initiative to return Syrian refugees back to their homeland, the Patriarch urged Lebanese officials to “keep up with the initiative with a unified national vision in coordination with the United Nations.”

The “initiative must not be politicized,” he stressed “it must be kept within its humanitarian framework in accordance with the norms of international law.”

Hariri was tasked with forming a new government on May 24. The main obstacle hindering his mission is political wrangling over Christian and Druze representation.

SourceNaharnet
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Thumb ___flamethrower___ 05 August 2018, 14:53

Never has Lebanon known or seen an FPM Maronite Patriarch who sticks to religion specially on Sundays like this one, ever!