Al-Rahi decries 'exclusion of Maronite sect'
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday urged Speaker Nabih Berri to call for successive electoral session to elect a new president “without waiting for any sign from abroad.”
“The election of a president is MPs’ first duty … while continuing to refrain from doing this duty is a blatant treason against the people’s confidence,” al-Rahi warned in his Sunday Mass sermon.
“Enough with the closure of the Baabda presidential palace and enough with the exclusion of the Maronite sect, which is the main component in Lebanon’s composition,” he added.
