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The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, said that “what we really regret in Lebanon is that the political community is struggling to renew its performance and practices, and is fighting against the internationally demanded reform in structures and sectors.” . A competent government in measuring critical challenges. So we heard about the formation of a quota government, rather than a government that adopts a comprehensive rotation of ministerial portfolios with no exceptions, based on competence and sufficiency.
While presiding over a mass at the Cathedral of Archangel Michael in the Zahrieh district of Tripoli, the pastor said that “it is absolutely unacceptable for a government to be controlled by a team, deciding its form, choosing its bags as a team, assigning the names of its ministers. as a team, while the others are sidelined as if they were additional numbers. O influential politicians, stop violating the constitution, the Charter and the National Agreement Document.
Al-Ra’i added: “We were waiting for the relevant ministries and the Beirut municipality to come to the aid of the victims of the port explosion, the families of the victims and the owners of the destroyed houses. And administrative officials and employees, since the entry of the 2,755 tons of prohibited ammonium nitrate, as weapons, to the port and deposited in Pavilion No. 12 with large amounts of combustible materials, without this pavilion being equipped with any extinguishing mechanism.
The Patriarch addressed the judicial investigator, Fadi Sawan, saying: “All eyes turn to you, especially the families of the victims, the afflicted and disabled, and the eyes of the Church and society after more than three months, a deafening silence that generates anxiety. It is the hour of the fair and courageous judgment: either regain confidence in him or lose it completely.
In context, Al-Rahi continued: “We and the people really want justice that exposes corruption and the corrupt, but we want comprehensive justice, not selective; It just isn’t unfair; Real, not malicious; Legal, not political. Therefore, we demand that the investigation cover all institutions interested in state and citizen funds: from the Banque du Liban to the ministries of finance, energy, public works, interior, communications, environment and others, and from the Council of Development and Reconstruction to the regional councils and boards of independent interests, to the various identity associations that received and squandered money. , Pointing to her
We must avoid altering the fate of national institutions, be they military, security, judicial or financial, which are the basis of Lebanon’s immunity. The trial of those responsible does not mean their conviction as a public institution per se.
Source: National Agency
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