REPORT: Holy Synod Of Antioch calls for the swift election of a new president

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01-07-2014 | 06:02
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REPORT: Holy Synod Of Antioch calls for the swift election of a new president
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchal Vicar Afram Maalouli called on Tuesday for the swift election of a new president who should seek to preserve Lebanon's unity and state institutions, mainly the cabinet and the government.

The Lebanese Parliament failed to elect a new president due to disputes between the March 8 and 14 camps.

Most of the March 8 alliance's MPs boycotted rounds of elections over their call for an agreement on a consensual president and their rejection to the candidacy of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

Maalouli's comments were made during the opening session of the Holy Synod of Antioch whereby he urged the Syrian people to move forward toward reconciliation and to save the Iraqi people from divisions and fragmentation.

Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria's northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory in neighboring Iraq.

The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot previously known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) says it wants to erase national boundaries from the Mediterranean to the Gulf and return the region to a medieval-style caliphate.

Some analysts say the group is a credible threat to frontiers and is stirring regional violence while others say it exaggerates its reach and support through sophisticated media campaigns.

The group renamed itself and proclaimed its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "Caliph" - the head of the state - on Sunday. It also called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, in a direct challenge to regional leaders and to the central leadership of al Qaeda, which has disowned it.

ISIL advance has also left heavy repercussions on Lebanon with security breaches and suicide bombings targeting areas that are considered pro-Hezbollah.
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