A Christian political meeting will be held at 4pm Thursday in Bkirki to discuss and approve a political document prepared by the Maronite patriarchate.
According to MTV, the various Christian parliamentary blocs and parties will take part in the meeting except for the Marada Movement.
“The Bkirki document warns of the decline of Christian presence in the public sector and the threats of the Lebanese and non-Lebanese illegitimate weapons, Syrian displacement and the (possible) naturalization of the Palestinians,” MTV reported.
The document also “tackles Lebanon’s historic and free role, which is gradually turning into a theological, totalitarian and ideological state,” MTV added.
The Nidaa al-Watan newspaper meanwhile said that the meeting is aimed at discussing the remarks of the Christian political parties over Bkirki’s paper.
“Should there be an agreement on all points, (Maronite Patriarch Beshara) al-Rahi will move to the second phase,” it said.
Bkirki sources meanwhile told the daily that “the Christian forces do not have a lot of remarks” and that the paper “focuses on key points related to the presidency, national partnership, the Christian role and the war and peace decisions.”
The sources, however, expected the meeting to be “like the previous meetings, due to the Free Patriotic Movement’s refusal to take a stance on Hezbollah and its arms.”