Al-Rahi Urges 'Technocrat Experts' in New Govt.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi suggested Sunday that the new government should include “technocrat experts,” as he slammed what he called “shameful” wrangling over Cabinet shares.

In his Sunday Mass sermon, al-Rahi urged politicians to “rise above their private interests, their illegitimate financial gains, their deals and their splitting of shares at the expense of public money.”

“Isn't it shameful that the obstacle blocking the formation of the new government is focused on the distribution of shares instead of the formation of a government that comprises technocrat experts?” al-Rahi added.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was tasked with forming a new government on May 24.

His mission is being hindered by political wrangling over the Christian, Druze and Sunni shares.