In the wake of his meeting with House Speaker Nabih Berri, Al Rahi pointed out the importance of his visit to Ain el-Tineh amid the difficult circumstances the country is going through.
The Prelate said that he discussed with his host the various developments, the judiciary issue and the disruption of the Council of Ministers’ sessions, which in “aggravates the socio-economic crises.”
He said that they did not discuss the Tayouneh incident, but emphasized the freedom and independence of the judiciary.
Al Rahi said he had no information about the summoning of the Lebanese Forces Party leader Samir Geagea, nor did he have any details of the case, therefore, he could not give judgment. However, the Patriarch deplored the summoning.
Later during the day, Al Rahi met with PM Mikati at the Grand Serail, and said that “we are not in a locked room; the door to solutions is open.”
Al Rahi called to end the disruption of governmental work, urging the council of ministers to convene.
In response to a question about the Tayouneh events, Rahi highlighted the necessity to protect the judiciary, and the law, stressing that solution lied in the Constitution.
To end his tour Al Rahi visited President Aoun at the Baabda Palace and indicated that matters are resolved politically through the constitution, not in the streets through weapons.”
“I proposed a constitutional solution to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and discussed it further with the President of the Republic,” he added.
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