Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir warned Sunday against smearing the judiciary”s reputation in order to achieve political gains.
"We must safeguard the judiciary against false statements that only serve political ends," he said during Sunday”s sermon.
"We must also protect the judges who have always had a reputation of integrity," he added.
Sfeir congratulated the four generals on their release but voiced hope that "any hidden aspects in their case would be clarified in order to put an end to controversy."