Al-Rahi tells officials and friendly nations that new president is the 'top priority'
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday addressed Lebanese officials and friendly countries by saying that “there is no priority that comes before the priority of electing a president.”
“Let that be clear,” al-Rahi said in his Sunday Mass sermon.
He accordingly called for the election of a president to “preserve the (Lebanese) entity in the face of those who are seeking other political, partisan, sectarian and personal entities for them, not for Lebanon.”
Al-Rahi warned that amid the absence of a president who can sign foreign treaties, it will be impossible to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, implement reforms, take measures regarding the judiciary and administrations, pass urgent legislation or form a new government.
Source: Naharnet
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