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In support of the wave of anger in Lebanon against traditional elites and Hezbollah’s hegemony on the scene, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai called for an uprising to restore identity.
In Sunday’s sermon, the pastor said: “The Lebanese people have demonstrated by their young and old, from all regions and affiliations, through their uprising, that they are a people who deserve their homeland, but are called to fight for for Lebanon to regain its original identity as a civil society, and for the creation of a new system of national leadership capable of assuming responsibilities. “
He reiterated his claim that the Lebanese army is the legitimate force responsible for defending Lebanon, refusing to legislate or cover up the presence of any illegal weapon alongside its own, in clear reference to Hezbollah.
“The people in Lebanon have become hostages to the struggles of the people for power that have taken the Lebanese hostage and do not free them despite all the popular appeals and international appeals. It is as if they have lost consciousness and control. national affection, “he added. Al-Rahi explained.
The Maronite Patriarch called on the young revolutionaries of Lebanon to “unify their ranks, harmonize their demands and have their independence of action, so that their revolution is promising and constructive.” He added: “If officials, due to a lack of trust, cannot sit together to address the disputed points that accumulated until today’s final explosion, then an international conference should be resorted to under the auspices of the United Nations, as was the case. The case in previous circumstances. ”
The pastor said: “Just as we understand the anger of the people, we also understand the complaints of the military establishment. The army is one of this people, and it is not allowed to put it in the face of its people. And the army is part of this legitimacy, and he does not have the right to neglect his needs and ignore the data of his leadership and the feelings of his officers and soldiers ”.
The sponsor’s call comes in the context of continued obstruction of government formation with stakeholders racing for ministerial actions, prompting him to convene an international conference on Lebanon under the auspices of the United Nations.
Lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis since the end of the civil war, with an unprecedented drop in the exchange rate of the local currency against the dollar, amid a political blockade.
The French chancellor had previously commented on the political scene in Lebanon, saying that Lebanon is sinking like a “Titanic without music”, referring to the depth of the crisis the country is going through.
