Al-Rahi during Easter Message: There are No Constitutional Justifications for Presidential Polls Boycott
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.
M.T.
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