Sfeir Returns from Rome: Hariri”s Success Means Success for Lebanon
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir returned to Beirut on Tuesday and hoped PM-designate Saad Hariri success in forming the government.
"Hariri”s success means success for the country," Sfeir said at Beirut airport upon his return from Rome.
Asked about President Michel Suleiman”s remarks to pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Sunday, Sfeir said: "We agree on everything that the president says."
Suleiman had said that Syria was not interfering or obstructing cabinet formation, adding that disagreements were restricted to the distribution of portfolios.
About the issue of not giving cabinet seats to those who had lost the parliamentary elections, Suleiman said the constitution hasn”t mentioned such an issue. "Such practice has been violated several times. So it”s better to commit to national interest."