Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Beshara Boutros al-Rahi, presided today over a Mass service at Saint Maroun’s Church in Tripoli. In his homily, the Patriarch touched on the stalled presidential elections, considering that Lebanon does not belong nor is subject to the whims of anyone, calling on the parliament to elect a president, as it has two respectable candidates at this moment. “Once again we reiterate to the political officials: Lebanon does not belong to anyone to dispose of it and its people according to his whim and interest…Lebanon belongs to its people, history, culture and civilization! We deplore and condemn this destructive behavior towards Lebanon, its institutions, its economy and its public money,” the Patriarch asserted. He added, addressing authority officials, “Let them remember the preamble to the constitution, which stipulates that Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic. Let the parliament council elect a president, as we have two respectable candidates.’

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon