Franjieh Continues Attacks on Sfeir, Urges him to Resign

Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh continued his attacks on Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, urging him this time to resign “because archbishops who reach the age of 74 are asked to quit.”

 

Describing Sfeir as the “end of the Christians,” Franjieh accused the prelate of working as a “cover for a critical scheme.”

 

“Statements by Bkirki and the archbishops are not less decent than those (made) by some politicians who are known for their street talk,” Franjieh said in an interview on NBN television Wednesday night.

 

Franjieh asked why MP Saad Hariri”s advisor Daoud Sayegh visits Sfeir only at the beginning of every month.

 

Sayegh swiftly retorted, saying Franjieh”s remarks were part of a “campaign to pin down Lebanon.”

 

Franjieh on Tuesday accused Sfeir of acting as an employee for the U.S. and French embassies.

“With due respect to our patriarch he is an employee for the U.S. embassy and for the French embassy,” Franjieh said.

 

The March 14 follow-up committee said after meeting Sfeir that Franjieh”s statements “are part of a framework that represents a complementary Syrian scheme to strike the free Christian entity in Lebanon.”

 

Franjieh attacked Arab League chief Amr Moussa, accusing him of bias.

 

He charged that Moussa travels around in a Hariri-owned airplane and that his hotel fee is paid by al-Moustaqbal movement leader.

 

Franjieh also slammed army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman, saying that he does not trust him.

 

“I don”t have confidence in someone who trusts (cabinet) minister Elias Murr and wants him in the (new government) and at the same time he is regarded a (government) supporter.”