The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al Rahi, received the Minister of Interior and Municipalities Judge Bassam Mawlawi on Thursday afternoon in the patriarchal residence in Bkerke, who briefed him on the ongoing preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

After the meeting, Mawlawi said: “I was honored to meet His Beatitude on a greeting visit to reassure him about our work and the country’s situation. This country will improve with efforts and reforms, and we, in the ministry, are doing everything we can and hope for the best. I confirmed to His Beatitude about the ongoing preparations for the parliamentary elections, which started since October and of the issuance of the decree inviting the electoral bodies, which set the date for the parliamentary elections, which was approved by me and by President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.”