Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai said that “it is unacceptable that the people resort to strikes and demonstrations to demand its legitimate rights every time a law gets passed or a measure is implemented,” urging the political authorities to fix all flaws regarding the pay scale, which was passed as unfair to some classes of the people in terms of its requirements.
In his holy sermon delivered during Sunday Mass in Bkerke, Patriarch Rai called on schools not to raise tuition fees, since parents, who can barely afford to pay for schools, will be forced to withdraw their children, prompting a new social crisis that should be avoided.