Maronite Bishops for Thorough Reconciliation: Serving Foreign Interests is High Treason
The Maronite Church on Wednesday called for thorough national reconciliation, noting that serving foreign interests is tantamount to "high treason."
The call was made by Maronite Bishops meeting under Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir at the church”s summer seat in northern Deman.
The nation is at "a cross roads," the bishops said in their ninth appeal to the nation.
"The events that broke out in Beirut and Tripoli spark concern. Security is not stable in several areas and recently gunmen downed an army helicopter and killed an officer," the statement said.
It said the Lebanese people "suffer from the sharp split …It is more pressing if they come closer so that the state can prevail."
The Bishops expressed hope for the speedy adoption of a "fair and just" election law.
They also hoped for the holding of the 2009 general elections in a secure atmosphere "so that citizens can chose their representatives without pressures."