Report: Saniora Shuns Msayleh Banquet over Rahi’s Actions
The luncheon banquet that was hosted by Speaker Nabih Berri in honor of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in the southern town of Msayleh on Monday was shunned by former Premier Fouad Saniora and MP Bahia Hariri, thus raising speculation about the consequences of al-Rahi’s visit to the south.
Sources close to Saniora told An Nahar newspaper on Tuesday that the reason behind the MP’s boycott to the banquet was because al-Rahi refused to accept an invitation over lunch at the Hariri’s house in Majdelyoun but accepted Berri’s invitation.
However, al-Liwaa newspaper noted that Berri might have been targeted by the boycott and not al-Rahi.
The daily reported that al-Rahi also rejected an invitation by Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat for a lunch banquet in Mukhtara when he visited the Shouf.
This forced Jumblat to stay away from the region under the excuse of visiting Moscow.
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