Al-Rahi during Easter Message: There are No Constitutional Justifications for Presidential Polls Boycott
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi reiterated on Saturday his condemnation of the ongoing vacuum in the presidency, urging political powers to hold the polls and end their boycott of the electoral sessions.
He said during his Easter message: “There are no constitutional justifications for the boycott of the elections.”
He noted that the presidential vacuum has created a “political death” in Lebanon.
It has crippled the government and the parliament, explained al-Rahi.
“It is as if all sides are unfortunately waiting for the order by foreign powers to stage the polls,” he lamented.
“We call on the political blocs to stage the presidential elections. We have repeatedly made such demands, but they have fallen on deaf ears,” added the patriarch.
Lebanon was plunged in a vacuum in the presidency after the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014 without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the elections.
The Change and Reform and Loyalty to the Resistance blocs have been boycotting the sessions, the last of which was on Thursday.
The next electoral session is scheduled for April 22.
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04 April 2015, 10:07
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“There are no constitutional justifications for the boycott of the elections.”
Aoun and hezbollah care not about the Lebanese constitution. They only respect the Syrian and Iranian "constitutions".
04 April 2015, 10:10
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“It is as if all sides are unfortunately waiting for the order by foreign powers to stage the polls,” he lamented.
Wrong your eminence! All blocks are participating in the presidential elections sessions except for aoun and his allies.
04 April 2015, 10:10
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Our Batrak has clearly said that it is unconstitutional to boycott the elections of a president.
Our Batrak has lamented those who obey to orders from outside.
It is time for Christians to designate the traitors who are destroying 95 years of construction of Lebanon.
it is time for Christians to designate those who are destroying the future of the Christians.
04 April 2015, 10:14
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Caporal is a traitor to the Christians. He hopes by being a servant to Ebola and Iran he will be president. But he is a loser and will never achieve anything. His mental illness will explode and he will end up in an asylum for mad people.
04 April 2015, 10:17
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PS: the photo here does't correspond to the photo of the Batrak while delivering today's Easter message.
04 April 2015, 13:22
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Your Eminence, it is time that you designate some names for the candidacy of the presidency. Aoun was being pig-tailed by Hezbollah, Hezbollah or better known as (Hezbelmashekel) was being pig-tailed by Iran and Iran was being pig-tailed by the US. Today the US has cut the tail, Iran has cut the tail and Hezbollah has cut the tail leaving the Pig on his own, FINALLY and what a predicament for the claoun!!! Now let's have our new Lebanese president Your Eminence, you name a few and let parliament vote wou bass!!
04 April 2015, 15:11
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It's a real pity and a serious tragedy to see a human being end up lowering himself to such levels as you're now doing, once again, different acronym but same old hatred. I focus on the thread, you focus on your hatred of posters. But if for anything, we all take comfort in the fact that you got yourself a serious whipping in the butt, to the point where you dare no longer appear as a so-called feline. So long.
04 April 2015, 15:30
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Shame on you to use the name of Assyrians who are brave, proud and patriots. Unlike what you are, there are no Assyrians who are part of Ebola or Iran.
04 April 2015, 15:35
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Perfect suggestion. May I add one? The Batrak should excommunicate someone who is working on harming the existence of the Christians and destroying them for the next one hundred years.
04 April 2015, 15:42
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absolute despicable person. You people always attack the person because you have no arguments and you are overtaken by hatred. You only insult yourself.
06 April 2015, 18:44
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Agree and we actually don't want Aoun left with no consequences of his actions to poison electing anyone except him.
