Sfeir Criticizes Appointment of Election Losers
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Wednesday criticized the appointment of election losers in the new government.
"Perhaps there is a question mark on the appointment of those who were defeated in (parliamentary) elections since their reappointment would be against the will of the people," Sfeir said from Bkirki.
That was a clear indication at thwarting the reappointment of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun”s son-in-law Jebran Bassil as telecommunications minister.
Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri, who is poised to become prime minister for the second time in as many months, totally rejects the issue of bringing into Cabinet losers in the 2009 parliamentary elections – Bassil one of them.
While he described the situation in Lebanon as "bad," Sfeir welcomed a national unity government made up of both the majority and the Opposition.
Sfeir pointed to "external meddling" in the Cabinet formation process and hoped that "differences in opinion won”t lead to fighting."