Al-Rahi: No Unity Govt. without Real Unity, No Rescue Govt. without Rescuers
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday warned against the formation of a so-called “national unity government” that would not reflect “real unity.”
“Let everyone know that there can be no national unity government without real unity nor a rescue government without rescuer figures,” al-Rahi said in his Sunday Mass sermon.
“There can be no consensus government without consensus on reforms. Together with the people we want a government for the state and the people, not a government for parties, sects or foreign countries,” the patriarch added.
He cautioned that the Maronite patriarchate “will reject and confront every settlement plan that comes at Lebanon’s expense.”
“This is what the patriarchate has done every time Lebanon has been in danger,” al-Rahi said.
Warning that Lebanon today is facing “the gravest threats,” the patriarch said Bkirki “will not allow that Lebanon be turned into a settlement paper among nations seeking to repair their ties at the expense of the people’s pain.”
“The people want a government for the rescue of Lebanon, not a government for the rescue of the ruling authorities and the political class. The people want a government that would be harmonious with them, not with the external powers, a government whose components would meet over a reform project,” al-Rahi added.
He also said that reform should not only be limited to administrative reform but should also entail “the reform of the national decision with its political, security and military aspects.”
16 August 2020, 16:52
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is the representante of the evangelicals in Lebanon.. The dogs that wants to destroy the Latin catholics in Brasil and Ibérica Peninsula... GRahi defends the Islamic caliphate in Iberia and the Islamic expansion in Africa. The more I writed the better my ingliss becomesed!!
16 August 2020, 17:04
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A significant majority of the Lebanese population have a serious virus:they were brought up ( to not mention brainwashed), that the others from different religion are bad, unreliable and above all are the main enemy. This makes it difficult to expect peace and harmony in such environment. Educational vaccination doesn’t help them anymore, but it might give hope for future generation(s), if the educational system will teach children starting the age of 5 how the civilised world looks like.
16 August 2020, 17:06
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There is a serious chance for change, it is an opportunity to not be missed, government positions should not be allocated based on religions, member of parliament should represent a region and not linked to a religion; president ,Prime minister and speaker positions should be allocated based on competence and not religion. When this happens the mindset of the Lebanese will change , instead of thinking "we and they", they will think "we together".
16 August 2020, 17:07
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Mekka and Bkirki are direct cause that Lebanese are divided, For unity these religious leaders should not be involved in politics, period.
16 August 2020, 17:09
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In order to reach genuine neutrality, the population must experience first equality; and this is not the case in Lebanon, government positions are allocated based on religion and clans deals. Therefore it is very naive to believe that neutrality can be achieved.
16 August 2020, 17:16
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The leader who tells I defend the rights of my people ( belonging to religion X,Y or Z) is a liar and crook, this leader is only interested in his agenda and his bank account;. Since almost 80 years these leaders( from all religions) brought misery to all Lebanese. We want an honest leader who says" I am for all Lebanese disregard their religion".
16 August 2020, 18:03
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To follow up on Kazan's thought about religion and fearing the other, a few years back i was in Lebanon and met up with a friend from the same area who also happens to live abroad in the same area i do. We're both from the south. he also happened to have knows friends who are fro the north, if I recall Batroun. They had asked him to come visit for the weekend and he asks along, so we went. Had a great time enjoyed every bit.
What was striking though we never felt were were somewhere that is not Lebanon or feared for anything. But my friend's friend who invited us, I believe it was one his aunts or relative, that asked us is it ok to go to the south as they've never been. We were like why not, you are Lebanese, this is your country. you can go anywhere. They were scared to go she said they were under the impression they to cover up and will be asked what they are doing there. So yeas the fear was real.
17 August 2020, 01:14
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For God sake what are you saying?
Why don't you have the courage ONCE and say it as it is. Say the only solution to Lebanon's problems is by disarming Hizbullah. Say it before it is too late.. Most likely it is too late already. You are not my Patriarch.
