Sarkis Withdraws Candidacy For Maronite League Council
Former Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis withdrew his candidacy for the Maronite League Executive Council.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Sarkis said that friends had called on him to submit his candidacy in order to establish a consensus list for the three seats up for election, but that upon seeing it was not possible to reach a consensus, he had withdrawn.
The statement said that Sarkis wished the Maronite League president and members good luck in working to bring about reconciliation and resolve disparity among Christians, under the auspices of Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.