The Vatican advises Lebanese Christians to withdraw federalism from circulation (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Asharq Al-Awsat learned from a prominent Lebanese Christian leader that Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai returned from the Vatican after meeting with Pope Francis and senior officials of Vatican departments directly related to the Lebanese situation, carrying in his package of advice to Christian leaders of all political and partisan affiliations, which would lead to the withdrawal of the invitation to establish a federal deliberation and discontinuation system because Christians have no interest in devising such a system which, under the current circumstances, could threaten the Muslim-Christian coexistence.

The Christian leader told Asharq Al-Awsat that “the Vatican called for greater integration between Christians and Muslims, and believed that it is necessary to protect and strengthen it, especially in light of the current conditions that the region is going through and the changes that are affecting it, and considered that the current formula on which Lebanon is based is maintained. The best, although it needs development, but within the scope of the democratic game ”. He noted that “the Vatican understands without hesitation the reasons for the complaints raised by the sponsor to Pope Francis and to those concerned about the Lebanese dossier, specifically in relation to the stalled government formation and the delay in rebuilding the devastated area that hit Beirut. as a result of the explosion in the port “.