Rahi Urges Protesters to Turn Demands to Election of President
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi voiced calls on Saturday on all the protesters not to be led astray by little demands and to emphasize on raising their voices in calling for the election of a president.
“All the protesters should not be distracted by small demands for the resignation of a minister or other. They must focus on demands to elect a president,” said Rahi on his second day tour to Mount Lebanon.
Rahi has kicked off a three-day tour to the area the day before.
He addressed the politicians saying: “We cannot live without a president, and you cannot deafen you ears to the demands to elect one.”
On Friday, the Patriarch conveyed a similar message, urging the campaigners of You Stink to take advantage of their demonstrations and call for the end of the vacuum at the top Christian post in the country.
Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of President Michel Suleiman ended and the rival politicians failed to elect a substitute.
You Stink campaigners kicked off demonstrations in July in protest to a waste management crisis that left the country drowning in garbage.
12 September 2015, 11:54
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I beg to differ Batrak
I urged the people to elect a parliament first according to a new electoral law whereby the iranians in Lebanon elect all the the Christian MPs.
12 September 2015, 12:40
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Your Eminence, you need to be a lot more forceful, the presidential candidate is a Maronite, Y.E, you head that church, put on the table a few names but certainly not that of the old hogs like Aoun, Geagea or Jean Obeid, a few names, young, educated, professional, clean and patriotic and tell parliament, even if a self-extended one to elect one of the names. Just make it short and simple Y.E.
12 September 2015, 13:22
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General Aoun and Sayyed Hassin insist "Aoun or no president"
12 September 2015, 13:36
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Something is happening at the airport:
12:36LBCI: الجيش يتولى التحقيق بما جرى في المطار ومعلومات غير مؤكدة تتحدث عن توقيف اثنين من المعتدين.
12:32LBCI: المعلومات تقول ان الاعتداء على ضيا أتى على خلفية مكافحته لمحاولة تهريب في قطاع الألبسة عبر المطار.
12:31LBCI: معلومات عن دخول سيارات بداخلها عدد من المسلحين إلى المطار ومجموعة يقودها شخص من آل السبع تعتدي على رئيس مصلحة الجمارك سامر ضيا.
12 September 2015, 13:35
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Your highness Genral Aoun says thd parliament is unconstitutional.. Unless it elects him president; it's unconstitutional but it can amend the constitution to elect the president from the people as the resistance will make sure the people elect him this time.. next time they'll make sure a Shia in a turban is elected; it's unconstitutional but it can vote in a new electoral system that will again return the rights to the Christians.. unless his son in law loses again then money elected his opponents and the new electoral system is the worst ever.. and the beat goes on
