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Nasser Zaidan wrote in “Kuwait News”:
The popular meeting that took place last Saturday in Bkerke Square imposed a very important fact at this particular moment, and was characterized by two surprises that were not taken into account. The first was the intensity of the popular presence of different regions and of different political whims, including a symbolic representation of clerics of the Islamic and Christian sects, and the second was in Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi in his speech in which he addressed in a precise, detailed and comprehensive manner. issues, of which he raises for the first time, especially his demand for the complete separation of religion from the State, adopting the national balance as a rule of governance and not relying on externally backed balances of power that restrict the movement of civil servants and officials. besiege constitutional institutions.
Participants in the meeting that brought Patriarch Al-Rahi together with the clergy after the completion of his speech, say that the atmosphere suggests a real uprising, and before the Bkerke festival is not the same as after, regardless of the position of the match. affected by the meeting, and their ability to show a corresponding popular arena. Al-Rahi said: He spoke in a way that fully expresses the positions of the people, which is a historical responsibility of his predecessors, and he cannot remain silent when he sees that Lebanon is facing a grave danger that threatens its demise, and the citizens are on the brink of starvation. The pastor is known for his eagerness to communicate with everyone and his concern for all parties, inside and outside his Maronite community. He was accused by groups and parties of having rejected in the street calls demanding the removal of President Aoun, and he also practiced advanced spiritual diplomacy in his dealings with the opposition axis parties – especially Hezbollah – in a different way than he did. position of his late predecessor, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir in 2005, who publicly supported the Cedar Revolution and the March 14 forces demanding sovereignty and independence. Patriarch Al-Rahi did not leave a path, but instead used it to dissuade the parties who control the decision of the state from his reckless policies, and these are well known. He visited President Michel Aoun several times in the Republican Palace, exceeding all the visits of his predecessors, and intervened dozens of times, warning of the danger of collapse, then called for the liberation of the state and the dissolution of their families, and demanded active positive neutrality. Since Lebanon relied on this neutrality, which is one of the conditions for its survival. And he played the role of political mediator following the extraordinary visit of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to Bkerke on 12/17/2020. and he made great efforts to overcome the obstacles to the formation of the government, but his efforts were unsuccessful, and whoever heard the last speech of the sponsor clearly concludes that the team The president and his allies of the opposition forces are behind obstructing the formation of the government.
These combined factors, added to the cry of the people for the evils they are experiencing as a result of the cessation of their work and the loss of their money in the banks, as well as the consequences of the port disaster, led the sponsor to take advanced positions that he launched in front of a large crowd that harmonized with him in the same slogans that also focused on liberating the state and holding an international conference to save Lebanon, and find solutions to its great problems, the most important of which is its neutrality, lifting the hegemony of illegal weapons and ensuring the return of Syrian refugees to their country, and without this international guarantee, they will naturally not return. Al-Rahi knows that he is not alone in this sovereign battle, since a large group of forces and referents have expressed their support for his positions or part of them, including the president of the Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblatt and the leader of the Lebanese. The Samir Geagea Forces Party, and President Saad Hariri contacted him for this purpose, in addition to the northern and southern forces and a Sovereignty meeting, led by former MP Faris Saeed and the Phalanges Party, it is known that Bkerke had excellent relations with President Nabih. Berri and his television channel, which directly broadcast Patriarch Al-Rahi’s speech. The formation of the government, and the sponsor also has the support of the Arab and international public opinion and the Vatican metropolis, and they are all fed up with the refusal. management of the state-controlled team, which has hampered all rescue efforts aimed at helping Lebanon.
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