Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday criticized both President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri for the delay in forming a new government.
“The world is repeating its appeals, while those concerned with forming the government are refraining from carrying out their constitutional and national duties, even in form,” al-Rahi said in his Sunday Mass sermon.
“Despite the total collapse, they are still deliberately exchanging fabricated preconditions in order to delay the government’s formation,” the patriarch added.
“The phrase ‘in agreement with the PM-designate’ does not stand for obstructing the submitted line-ups and designation does not mean a perpetual designation without forming a government,” al-Rahi noted.
He added: “The people’s interest comes before all constitutional interpretations and sectarian sensitivities. Together with the good-willed people, we will not allow the fall of the country at the hands of parties that do not want a government and other parties that do not want a state.”