Maronite Bishops: History won”t Forgive who Blocks Solutions

Maronite Bishops” Council warned on Wednesday that history will not forgive states or individuals who block solutions to Lebanon”s ongoing political crisis.

 

Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir presided over the monthly meeting held in Bkerki to discuss national and clerical issues.

 

“The hateful political atmosphere which prevailed in Lebanon throughout the past months and the political bickering wouldn”t help in easing the current impasse,” a statement issued following the meeting reported.

 

“History wouldn”t forgive. All states or individuals who block solutions are responsible for the tragedies that the Lebanese people are enduring”, the statement warned.

 

The Bishops noted that “the constitutional controversy over the presidential elections even after agreement on a candidate for this important post reveals the vast differences between politicians”.

 

The council”s secretary Monsegnieur Yousef Tok, who read the statement, said “some politicians serve their own benefit rather than their country”s”.

 

The Bishops reminded the Lebanese that the past year “was full of assassinations and disasters which didn”t even spare the Lebanese Army”, expressing hopes of a “new beginning for this small country in the new year”.