Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai presided over Sunday Mass service in Bkerke, saying that "we congratulate political officials, parties and influential people for their great achievements for the good of the nation and the people. As for those among them who obstruct the progress of the state, they deserve nothing but condemnation. We condemn them because they depend on the continuity of crises, the increase in collapse, the devaluation of the lira, high unemployment, and resistance to solutions.”
He stressed that “the Lebanese are looking forward to the necessity of holding the parliamentary elections next May as a constitutional right to exercise their right to accountability.”
He pointed out that the Lebanese yearn to see a new political generation that enjoys leadership qualifications and good governance, especially after they were certain that there was no reform, change, or rescue through a political group that had been tampering with the country and people for more than thirty years."
Finally, Rai emphasized that "these elections are a guarantee for holding the presidential elections,” noting that “the people are looking forward to a new patriotic generation that advances to national responsibility and presents a clear program on the political, economic and financial levels.”