Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir urged President Michel Suleiman and PM-designate Saad Hariri to decide on the formation of a cabinet ruled by the parliamentary majority.
Elaph website quoted Sfeir as saying that Suleiman and Hariri should settle the government issue by forming a cabinet in which the majority would rule in accordance with the results of the June elections.
The opposition, according to Sfeir, would monitor the government”s activities and urge it to improve its functions.
On Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat”s latest stances, Sfeir said that the MP did not inform him of his intention to split from the March 14 forces when they met a week before the Druze leader”s controversial speech on August 2.
Elaph also said the patriarch agrees that there is foreign meddling in Lebanese internal affairs. But he holds responsible those who "open the door for such interference."
Sfeir also lauded Interior Minister Ziad Baroud on his firm decision and appropriate measures he took following the breakout attempt from Roumieh prison.
The website also quoted the patriarch as saying that he is not against Hizbullah. He told the site that he wants arms to be under with the country”s legitimate authorities.