Maronite Bishops Laud Filing Complaint at Security Council against Israel

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The Maronite Bishops on Wednesday lauded Lebanon’s move in filing a complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Israel’s aggression, and commended the “initiative” of President Michel Aoun in declaring a state of economic emergency in Lebanon.

“The Maronite Bishops commend President Aoun’s initiative by holding a political-economic meeting in Baabda. We ask the government to refrain from imposing new taxes mainly on low-income earners, stop the waste of public funds and to control smuggling in public facilities,” the Bishops said in a statement after their monthly meeting in al-Diman.

As for the Israeli drone attack on Beirut's southern suburbs, the Maronite bishops voiced support for Lebanon’s official move in filing a complaint with the UN Security Council.

“We support Lebanon’s official move to the Security Council regarding Israel’s aggression,” they said.

The bishops finally hoped that the state would implement the required reforms at the economic level "in a peaceful climate, in which reason and dialogue prevail over individual interests."

SourceNaharnet
Comments 4
Thumb ___flamethrower___ 04 September 2019, 14:37

Best FPM Maronite Bishops ever!

Thumb justice 04 September 2019, 14:41

"the Maronite bishops voiced support for Lebanon’s official move in filing a complaint with the UN Security Council."

But the bishops don't want to comment on hezbollah's taking away from the state the decision of war and peace and violating resolution 1701.

Very credible indeed.

Thumb chrisrushlau 04 September 2019, 17:13

Are all the Christians in Lebanon Maronite bishops?
OCU delegation visits Lebanon at invitation of Maronite Catholic ...

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Aug 7, 2019 - The meeting of all the bishops, and they are now more than 140 in the Church of ... First of all, the delegates were received by the Maronite Patriarch of ... Beshar Boutros Al-Rahi, in his summer residence in the city of Diman.

Missing arturo 04 September 2019, 18:10

Did many Lebanese expect the country’s Maronites to come out in support of Israel?