Sfeir: Presidency is Lost, Nation is Crippled, Government is Amputated

 

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir said in his Christmas message on Friday that the Lebanese have destroyed their democratic system.

 

“We have destroyed our democratic system and the freedom that has been granted to us, (the freedom) that we cannot find in countries around us,” Sfeir said.

 

“The presidency is lost and we have not been able to elect a head of state for the first time in the history of the republic, Parliament has been crippled for more than a year and the government is amputated with some (cabinet) ministers abstaining from carrying out their duties,” he added.

 

“How did we reach this stage of power abuse and we are about to destroy the vitals of the nation,” Sfeir asked.

“The nation is for all,” he stressed. “Let”s have mercy on it so it will have mercy on us and on our future generations.”