Al-Rahi Calls for Commitment to National Pact, Criticizes Roads Blocking
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Maronite Patriarch Beshar al-Rahi reiterated on Saturday his call on rival Lebanese foes to renew their commitment to the 1943 national pact, urging Muslims and Christians to coexist.
“I have already said that we need to go back to the 1943 national pact where only one state existed,” al-Rahi told reporters upon his arrival in Beirut following his trip to Turkey.
He urged the Lebanese to renew their trust and loyalty to the state and its institutions to halt attempts by some people to meddle with the local situation.
Asked about the situation in the southern city of Sidon, al-Rahi criticized the roads blocking, saying: “No one has the right to block the roads… This is an abnormal issue in Lebanon.”
On Wednesday, Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir blocked the road in the southern city of Sidon, vowing to continue the sit-in until the issue of non-state arms is resolved.
Political powers are exerting efforts to convince Asir to end his protest.
“It comes as a result of (state’s) tolerance” in dealing with the security situation in the country, al-Rahi pointed out.
The patriarch headed on Wednesday to Turkish Antioch on a pastoral visit.
30 June 2012, 16:40
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The 1943 Pact is no more, it was superceded by the 1989 Taif and is currently being challenged by Aoun/Nasrallah with their proportional representation formula. So what is patriarch talking about?? He asks for something that is no more.
01 July 2012, 11:56
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la2 ya habboub we wont go back to 1943 pact, we have to do another one ... we are not in the same situation as in 1943 , everything changed ,.. France gave us their 3rd republic institutions in 1943 they are at the 5th now we are we ? in the ****, wake up and shut all of the religious mouths, religion is poison ! Al rahi stay in your church the same way the grand mufti should stay in his mosque ! Enough is enough with this BS !
