Sayyah: Situation of Lebanese Christians Will Be Safeguarded with Election of President
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Maronite Bishops Boulos Sayyah revealed that no new breakthroughs have been achieved in ending the deadlock over the presidential elections, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Thursday.
He told the daily: “The situation of Christians in Lebanon will be safeguarded only with the election of a president.”
“We have no fears over their fate however, but the situation is difficult and we need to be wary of the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” he noted.
Addressing Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's recent trip to the United States, the bishop said that his talks with American officials were positive, “but we are awaiting tangible results on the ground.”
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May.
The presidential deadlock stems from the March 8 and 14 camps' failure to agree on a compromise candidate.
The dispute has prompted the majority of the March 8 camp lawmakers to boycott presidential elections sessions.
The Maronite Bishops Council urged on Wednesday officials to abide by the constitution and elect a president, deeming their failure to do so in favor of holding legislative sessions as a violation of the constitution.
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02 October 2014, 08:36
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Yeah someone in that handicapped presidential seat will make everyone feel so much safer.
02 October 2014, 08:57
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The sad part is the Christians are being used by ISIS and Hezbollah on both sides of the coin. No choice but being stuck in the middle of their religious blood feud, and if they speak up? We know what happens.
02 October 2014, 09:00
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The sad reality is that the 4 millions Lebanese can't tolerate each other and do not want to live together....as long as this fact remains unchanged all other political creativities are nothing but sleeping pills.
02 October 2014, 09:01
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Hezbollah is the biggest threat to not only the christians but to all lebanese.
02 October 2014, 10:14
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galaxy ...i would even say to the whole universe ...included ''les martiens'' (-:
02 October 2014, 14:32
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I don't love them but I don't hate them. They are still Lebanese. If they would leave the liquor stores alone and not harass women at the beach in their areas I wouldn't mind them. My friend from Dearborn originally from Yaroun, his sister was recently there in the south, she was wearing shorts at the beach. Most of the women had their full hijab but were in the water. Some HA dudes with beards told her to get out because she was making their water dirty. Again, I have plenty of HA friends but I don't really appreciate their desire to make us ALL follow their way. I don't buy their moderate posturing. At the same time it's silly to compare them to Isis.
03 October 2014, 13:11
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I never resort to name calling and although I don't disagree with 100pct of their stance I would not vote for Aoun or his family. HA are no angels but if they were the same as Isis the Christian villages of rmeish, ain ible, even Jezzine would all be wiped out. Think about it.
02 October 2014, 11:39
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President no president at the end of the day the christians will safeguard them selves if the need arises. Hayda libnan.
02 October 2014, 11:39
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President no president at the end of the day the christians will safeguard them selves if the need arises. Hayda libnan.
02 October 2014, 11:39
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Sayyah doesn't realize that Lebanon has it's own mini supreme leader now with all the un-handicapped powers given to him by God, who it turns out is a self anointed old dude forever croutching on a carpet over there in Teheran.
02 October 2014, 12:15
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The LF are murderers starting with bashir to fouad to elie and samir.. no one can deny!
02 October 2014, 14:35
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You forget that some fpmers were fl officals, are they mudrered as well?
02 October 2014, 14:08
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As long as idiots like you will keep on digging into history, the country will never move forward, why not mentioning the events of 1958, when you were not even born, since you're so fond of history.
02 October 2014, 15:37
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another day another iranian rial as flamethrower embarks on another marathon day of posting nonsense and personal attacks.
02 October 2014, 16:46
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selective memory is even worse the surest sign of a full time paid propagandist plastic aounist fake lebanese army supporter
02 October 2014, 16:47
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quit crying like a little girl. If it wasn't for the Lebanese Forces, the Christians would have been massacred and you wouldn't be alive today. no one under the age of 30 will deny that. which makes you either a high school little girl or some idiot who is not what he claims to be.
02 October 2014, 17:07
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The little girl would have loved that, she's a plastic aounist and a fake lebanese army supporter
03 October 2014, 02:24
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brain-dead zombie aka -..ft.. unlearning history, is that something like the Syrian Baath regime protects Christians?
02 October 2014, 23:14
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Nahh what do Sayah and Raii know about safeguarding Christians, secular shiites like HA and flamer and his many aliases know better that the patriarch and the bishop how to safeguard the Christians.
