Fadlallah: State power is through devoted leaders - not making compromises

 
Source: Nowlebanon.com, 13-3-2009

Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said Lebanon's strength was "not through deals, settlements, compromises or submitting the state to regional or international interests" but lay in the dedication of its trusted leaders.

During Friday prayers in Haret Hreik, Fadlallah also commented on recent judicial appointments. "Some say they were subject to certain political ties ... which lead the people to lost their trust in judges," he said.

The people were waiting for the administrative appointments, he said, and those who would fill the vacant positions should work for the interests of the people and not of those who appointed them, who may "request they violate the law for electoral ends."

"The people are asking the state to safeguard their interests and not those of the rich people who do not pay taxes," he concluded.