Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai said that “Lebanese is going through a critical situation that threatens its entity, should the presidential vacuum continues and the violation of the Constitution persists.”
In his holy sermon delivered during Sunday mass, Rai reiterated his call on all the people to pray for electing a new president the soonest possible, stressing that the president is the only guardian of the constitution and national unity and the source of legitimacy in the work of the all the state’s institution.
In this regard, the patriarch noted that the presence of a president reassures the Lebanese people.