Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed Friday that the election of a new president is the solution to the country's crises, wondering if a country could survive without a head of state.
“The gateway to finding a solution to these crises and rifts is the election of a president for the republic. How can a state survive if its head is severed?” said al-Rahi in a sermon in Bkirki.
He warned that the protracting presidential vacuum is “paralyzing the work of parliament and obstructing the work of government, which is facing the possibility of a similar paralysis.”
“It is also preventing appointments in state institutions and violating the Constitution, the National Pact and the laws,” al-Rahi added.
The patriarch also warned that the presidential void is causing “chaos, economic decline and security deterioration.”