Al-Rahi from Paris: No Justification for Failure to Elect President
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi condemned on Sunday lawmakers' ongoing failure to elect a new president, warning of the collapse of the Lebanese state.
He said during his Sunday sermon from Our Lady of Lebanon church in the French capital Paris: “There are no justifications for the failure to elect a president.”
The sermon was attended by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Education Minister Elias Bou Saab, and other officials.
Al-Rahi continued: “We demand all political blocs to assume their responsibilities and elect a president.”
“The elections should be staged before the collapse that will harm us all,” he warned.
The patriarch kicked off his visit to France on Saturday.
He is expected to hold talks on Monday with President Francois Hollande.
Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the election.
Hizbullah's Loyalty to the Resistance and MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform blocs have been boycotting the polls over the dispute.
M.T.
26 April 2015, 16:10
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I love the respectful tone
Hizbullah deputy chief Qassem: Enough with the weeping over the presidency..
26 April 2015, 16:14
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Jebrain Bassil cannot even become "President" of the FPM, he does not even have the support of half the FPM members, they have a veto on him.
26 April 2015, 17:01
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Now I'm sure that Bassil will become president only because he is supported by Aoun. I mean Aoun has a stellar record in that domain, record me again when did Michel Aoun, the last guy Aoun supported, become president? And the his "Madame, je suis Président et six Ministres" doesn't count, the Président part was only in his head.
PS: The Vatican is mature enough to speak for itself it does not need a fake Christian to speak for it.
26 April 2015, 16:49
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Sorry guy, Geagea never said or was he ever portrayed by anyone as the consensus presidential candidate. And please enough with the racism it's shameful how you keep portraying Portuguese people are complete illiterate imbeciles.
26 April 2015, 18:20
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translation
18/04/1989 Berri: We will no longer accept a Maronite president
30/06/1989 Hezbollah declares absolute loyalty to the Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei
01/09/1989 Hezbollah declares open war on the Maronites calling Aoun's attacks on Syria a campaign to exterminate the Muslims
21/09/1989 Hezbollah: We reject the Maronite president and reject the humiliation in the name of coexistence with the Christians
13/10/1989 Hezbollah: We will tear up the Taif Agreement
20/10/1989 Berri: We are not interested in Taif and accepting it is a betrayal
12/11/1989 Hezbollah: The Taif Agreement is a surrender to the Maronite political system and Israel
26 April 2015, 18:20
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Their justifications your eminence
18/04/1989 بري: لن نقبل برئيس ماروني بعد الآن
30/06/1989 حزب الله يعلن الولاء المطلق لآية الله السيد علي خامنئي
01/09/1989 حزب الله يعلن حرب مفتوحة مع الموارنة معتبرا حملة عون على سوريا هي حملة لابادة المسلمين
21/09/1989 حزب الله : نرفض رئيسا مارونيا ونرفض الذل تحت اسم التعايش مع النصارى
13/10/1989 حزب الله : سنمزق اتفاق الطائف
20/10/1989 بري: غير معنيين بالطائف والقبول به خيانة
12/11/1989 حزب الله: الطائف استسلام للمارونية السياسية واسرائيل
http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/Services/SpecialDocuments/specialdocs2k2k5.htm
26 April 2015, 22:50
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Tric, I was given better information, Louis Figo is going to be our next brezident, and Basil is set to become Portugal's brezident. N;est ce pas un monde a l'envers?
