Failures Turn into Assaults, Gov’t to Launch Workshop
They do not hesitate to attack any sacred.
They make no pauses or considerations.
No one and nothing is being protected from their malicious rhetoric.
Maronite Patriarch under Fire
""March 8" forces hailed the Patriarch's stances and went as far as to consider them an outlet of frustration following the stances expressed by his predecessor," the paper added.
Mariam Ali
After their attack on the military institution, and their villainous campaign Against the House Speaker, the religious positions were their next victim.
The failure of the successive attacks against the resistance and its people made "March 14" and its leaders found in the Mufti of the Republic and the Maronite Patriarch new targets for their scattered political arrows.
Simply, going out of power made them out of their minds.
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai came under fire Friday from the minority parties for indirectly defending Lebanese sovereignty and linking resistance's arms to the termination of "Israeli" occupation of Lebanese territory.
"March 14" MPs and officials waged a verbal attack on the latest stances voiced al-Rahi about the Syrian crisis and Hizbullah's arms.
"The ghost of humiliating exit from power looms on "March 14"," "al-Akhbar" Lebanese newspaper commented clarifying that "starting from weeks ago that ex-majority forces lost religious figures that were considered underarm."
House Speaker Nabih Berri commented on the issue by saying that "the Patriarch's words came to protect Lebanon from the dangers, and I agree to what was announced and demonstrated by his national and religious breadth vision."
In an interview with "an-Nahar" daily, Berri pointed out that "the vision led by the Patriarch and that he is working to be applied towards the Christians is in the service of all the Lebanese, and there is to be another talk when the head of the Maronite Church is to have a tour in the South."
Former President Emile Lahoud hailed "with great pride Rai's latest stances, which come within the framework of the historical approach of the Patriarchate to national and regional affairs."
For his part, MP Talal Arslan said that "Rai's stance has multiple objectives, including curbing the colonizing drive of Western states."
"This stance embodies the culmination of wisdom and sense of responsibility demonstrated by this reference figure," he added.
MP Qassem Hashem stressed that "the hope for saving Lebanon from strife and keeping him away from negative impacts and adventurous policies is still found in the Maronite patriarch's pioneering and clear stances."
Gov't to Launch Workshop
On another level, sources close to Prime Minister Najib Mikati told "as-Safir" newspaper that "he is about to launch during the coming days a production-oriented workshop in fields that are of importance to citizens."
"The results are to come out successively over the next couple of days," sources stressed.
The MP sources said that "this endeavor will come along with a new dose of administrative appointments over the coming two weeks."
On the Special Tribunal for Lebanon funding issue, MP Walid Jumblatt told "as-Safir" that he supports funding the STL, especially since a section of the Lebanese people believes in."
"The international community expects it and is waiting for us to make the slightest mistake. I am afraid that if Lebanon fails to provide the funding," MP added.
Meanwhile, "as-Safir" quoted informed sources said that politicians loyal to former PM Saad Hariri and their "March 14" allies are planning for a showdown against a backdrop of the inclination displayed by Hizbullah and its allies in order to thwart the STL funding.
According to the sources, "Future" MPs may file a law proposal on the STL funding following the adoption of next year's budget in order to create a credit covering the amount that Lebanon is supposed to pay."
Source: Lebanese news papers
