Grand Mufti Kabbani Calls on MPs to Elect a President on Saturday

Grand Mufti Mohammed Kabani called on the nation”s MPs to salvage their country and elect a new president on the parliamentary session scheduled on Saturday.

 

Kabani, in his Eid al-Adha sermon in al-Omari Mosque at Beirut”s central district, said that “we failed ourselves and failed the nation” by not electing a new president after a three-week vacuum.

 

“I call on our honored MPs to attend the parliamentary session on Saturday and elect a president according to constitutional norms to revive the constitutions that protect both: the nation and the people”, he added.

 

“We wasted a lot of time and caused pain and grief to the people.. who can endure no more”, he warned.

 

Lebanese Sunni Muslims mark the beginning of Eid al-Adha Wednesday whereas Shiite Mufti Abdul Amir Kabalan announced the beginning of the feist on Friday and prominant Shiite sheikh Mohammed Fadlallah on Thursday.

 

Prime Minister Fouad Saniora, al-Mustaqbal movement leader Mp Saad Hariri, and Beirut”s Mayor bdul moneim

ariss attended the prayers before visiting the grave sites of slain former premier Rafik Hariri and those killed with him.