Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi stressed in his Sunday homily in Bkerke that “the political authority is charged with securing the public good and it is called upon to work for the good of all.”

He pointed out that “the House of Representatives is charged with electing a president of the republic, and whoever scrutinizes the movements of the deputies in the sessions discovers that they are in a play.”

“Last Thursday’s session was embodied in two sessions: an electoral session at home and a disruption session in the corridors, and thus we reached the height of political corruption, and we reached the height of national treason,” the patriarch added.