Al-Rahi warns against harming 'army’s unity and stability'
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday voiced rejection of “confining the election of a president to a person, a project or an influence-related motive.”
Moreover, al-Rahi said he does not accept any attempt to “harm the army’s unity and stability and its confidence in itself and in its command, especially that the country and its security are on the mouth of a volcano.”
“The constitution in its 49th article stipulates that ‘the president of the republic is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces,’ so how are some exerting efforts to appoint an army chief and impose him on the new president?” al-Rahi wondered.
“Go to the easier option according to the constitution and elect a president, so that all of your political problems can be solved and all state institutions can remain sound,” the patriarch added.
Source: Naharnet
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