Maronite Bishops Caution Against Attempts to Create Despair

The Council of Maronite Bishops on Wednesday criticized attempts aimed at creating despair among the Lebanese and forcing them to emigrate.

“The general situation in Lebanon is not assuring. It seems that people are disagreeing on everything,” a statement at the end of the Maronite Bishops” monthly meeting said.

 

“Constitutional institutions are not functioning … and there are attempts to cripple the army and nail down the church,” said the statement read by Monsignor Youssef Tawk said.

 

“All this is helping create void in the country and despair among the Lebanese, particularly the youth, and forcing them to emigrate,” the bishops warned.

 

“Paralyzing government decisions inflict damages to citizens and to their rights,” the statement cautioned.

The Bishops also blamed the government for slackness.

 

“State”s negligence in its duties to implement judicial verdicts against a senior public employee … harms state dignity,” the statement said