Higher Islamic Legal Council Questions Governmental Vacuum: We Should Respect Miqati’s Privileges
The Higher Islamic Legal Council questioned on Saturday the ongoing governmental vacuum in Lebanon, attributing it to the accumulation of “contradictory demands and conditions that violate national consensus and the constitution.”
It called in a statement, after a meeting headed by Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, for “committing to national principles that the Lebanese asserted in the Taif Accord.”
It also urged respecting national Islamic principles that have been issued by Dar al-Fatwa aimed at asserting the role of the state in performing its duties through the legal political, judicial, and security institutions.
The council hoped that constitutional values would once again be respected in forming governments “on the basis of respecting Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati’s privileges.”
Addressing Thursday’s expected Islamic-Christian summit, it hoped that it would pave the way for restoring the state’s “absolute authority.”
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