By: Elias Bejjani
Our Lebanese people in general, and our Maronite brothers in particular are
some times very bizarre in their thinking, acts and unrealistic expectations.
In this context many Lebanese journalists, politicians, activists and citizens,
mainly Maronites are crying loud today and bitterly criticizing the Maronite
Patriarch Bchara Al Raei because in his sermon at the Bkerki Patriarchate this
morning he totally ignored Hezbollah's vicious attack on Lebanon’s President,
Micheal Suleiman who holds the first Maronite position in the Lebanese state
hierarchy.
Personally we are not surprised at all by Al Raei's on going non Lebanese and
non Biblical stances because we know who is he politically and where he stands
and to whom he is totally subservient.
Based on his past, relations, allies, rhetoric and countless derailments, no
sane Lebanese should expect from Al Raei any thing that is Maronite, patriotic
or mere Lebanese.
Sadly, this man of the cloth is politically totally subservient to the
Syrian-Iranian Axis of Evil from his day one as a Patriarch. During the past
three years, he has been very loud in both
Lebanon
and abroad in defending the Syrian Al Assad Dictatership and the illegal status
of Hezbollah, the Iranian military proxy in
Lebanon.
If the politically derailed Maronite Patriarch Bchara Al Raei is afraid
and extremely hesitant on take mere patriotic Lebanese stances because he is
heart, mind and soul pro the Syrian-Iranian Axis of Evil, let him give up his
clergy garment and go home. We, Maronites do not need a subservient Patriarch.
The Maronites need a courageous, modest, patriotic, honest and faithful religious
leader.
Sadly Al Raei is not honestly and faithfully serving his people or
Lebanon,
the Land of the Cedars, and those who appease him (politicians, officials,
clergymen, and citizens) are his partners in all his anti Lebanese rhetoric and
stances.
Quite, frankly We do not have at the present time actual and patriotic Maronite
leaders in Lebanon or in the Diaspora, we have unfortunately third class cheap
politicians who are selfish, mean, with no consciousness, opportunists, liars,
chameleons and a punch of temple merchants who are hungry for personal gains
and power.
They all focus on the presidency post and not on the welfare of the Lebanese or
the future and the fate of the country. With no shame they appease and cajole
Al Raei because they are cut from the same cloth. There is no hope from these
derailed false leaders.
In conclusion, all positive expectations from Al Raei are futile because
Lebanese wise he is a hopeless case. The only solution to free Bkerki that is
currently occupied by Al Raei is to call on Pope Francis to force this
Patriarch to resign. All other solutions are a waste of time.
Background
Hezbollah
takes swipe at Sleiman over defense formula
March
02, 2014/The Daily Star
BEIRUT:
Hezbollah over the weekend took an unprecedented swipe at President Michel
Sleiman, saying the Lebanese leader required “specialized care,” a day after
the head of state implicitly slammed the party’s “army, people, resistance”
formula as hindering the release of the Cabinet policy statement. “With all due respect
to the office of the president ... the latest speech we heard makes us believe
that Baabda Palace in the days left [of the
presidency] needs specialized care because its occupant cannot differentiate
anymore between gold and wood,” Hezbollah said in a statement Saturday. During a speech at the Holy Spirit
University of Kaslik (USEK) Friday, Sleiman implicitly urged Hezbollah to cede
ground over the divisive tripartite “army, people, resistance” formula, saying
all sides needed to avoid clinging “to wooden [inflexible] equations that
hinder the birth of this [ministerial] statement.” Shortly after Hezbollah’s comments,
Sleiman reiterated in a Twitter post the need for adherence to the Baabda
Declaration, a pact between rival political leaders to distance Lebanon from regional turmoil, particularly in Syria. “ Baabda Palace needs that the decisions that have
been taken unanimously, namely the Baabda Declaration, be recognized,” Sleiman
tweeted. The 2012 agreement reached at the
Presidential Palace was breached when Hezbollah acknowledged sending fighters
to Syria
to back forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Lebanon’s political rivals have yet
to reach a deal over the new Cabinet’s policy statement. The March 14 camp
rejects including the “army-people-resistance” formula, which their March 8
rivals insist upon. Hezbollah’s
criticism of the president drew swift reactions from various parties and
officials who voiced support to Sleiman.
In
a statement Saturday, the Kataeb Party said it rejected “considering the
presidency as a [political] side and waving political weapons at it, whether
directly or through employing the services of pens and stances.”
“The Kataeb Party stands
by the president and supports his national and courageous stances that aim at preserving
Lebanon’s sovereignty and its independence,” the statement said.
Justice
Minister Ashraf Rifi also said via a Twitter post Saturday evening that he had
contacted the president and supported the “national principles” Sleiman spoke
of in his speech at USEK.
“I condemn the affront to
the president and the post of the presidency,” Rifi said in another post. Telecoms Minister Boutros Harb also
said he was surprised at Hezbollah’s comments.
“It is forbidden to refer
to the president as the occupant of Baabda Palace because President Michel
Sleiman is the president of all Lebanon,” Harb said in a statement. Voicing a similar stance, Information
Minister Ramzi Joreige said Hezbollah needed “to drop this rhetoric of
confrontation.” Deputy Speaker
Farid Makari also decried what he described as a “provocative statement” by
Hezbollah. “Such statements are not only
offensive to the president and the post of the president but also to the
positive, calm atmosphere that led to the formation of the Cabinet,” he said. “What we have in Baabda Palace today
is a golden president,” said Makari, adding that Sleiman’s “name will be
remembered in Lebanon’s modern history” because of the Baabda Declaration which
he said had “helped set the future path” of the country.
Report:
Hizbullah Seeks to Block Extension of Suleiman's Tenure
by
Naharnet Newsdesk 02 March 2014/Hizullah is seeking to prevent any attempts to
renew the tenure of President Michel Suleiman by targeting him directly in its
statements, media reports said on Sunday. Sources said in comments published in
An Nahar newspaper on Sunday that the strong rhetoric that Hizbullah used in
its statement on Saturday to reply to Suleiman's remarks was “unprecedented.” The
sources said that the positivity that loomed over the formation of Prime
Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet is not expected to be applied on the rest of
the constitutional deadlines, including the presidential elections. The sources
expressed fear over the “possible vacuum at the presidential post if the political
arch-foes failed to agree on the cabinet's policy statement.” Suleiman’s tenure
ends in May 2014, but the constitutional period to elect a new head of state
begins on March 25, two months prior to the expiration of Suleiman’s mandate. On
Saturday, Hizbullah and the president were at loggerheads over Suleiman's
recent statement concerning the cabinet's policy statement.
Suleiman
said Friday that the land, people and common values formed the country's
“permanent equation,” describing that the people-army-resistance equation as
“wood.” Hizbullah's slammed on Saturday Suleiman's comments, accusing him of
not being able to differentiate between “what's golden and what's wooden.” The
party said that Baabda
Palace has come to
require “special care." Suleiman replied via twitter saying that what Baabda Palace
needs is acknowledging the unanimous consensus over the Baabda Declaration that
was reached inside its premises. Presidency sources told the pan-Arab daily
Asharq al-Awsat that “differences between the political foes already existed
before the debate between Suleiman and Hizbullah.”The sources stressed that
consultation between the rival parties over the ministerial statement are
ongoing without ruling out the possibility or consensus over a “general and
brief policy statement,” which would exclude the controversial details and
matters. The panel drafting the ministerial policy statement failed during its
sixth session on Wednesday to reach agreement over the main points of
contention. The rival ministers bickered anew over the Baabda declaration and
the resistance-people-army equation, failing to make any progress. If Prime
Minister Tammam Salam's government, which was announced on February 15, fails
to attain the parliament's confidence it will become a caretaker cabinet.
Sami
Gemayel Voices Solidarity with Suleiman, Says 'Campaign against him Not Fair'
Naharnet
Newsdesk 02 March 2014/Phalange Party Central Committee Coordinator MP Sami
Gemayel contacted on Sunday President Michel Suleiman, voicing solidarity with
him over his national stances.
Gemayel
expressed resentment over the “unfair campaign” against the President during
the telephone conversation. “The party supports you and all our capabilities
are at you disposal in order to fortify the state and return to it,” Gemayel
told Suleiman. He expressed hope that the upcoming stage will include more
cooperation. On Saturday, Hizbullah and
the president were at loggerheads over Suleiman's recent statement concerning
the cabinet's policy statement. Suleiman said Friday that the land, people and
common values formed the country's “permanent equation,” describing that the
people-army-resistance equation as “wood.”Hizbullah's slammed on Saturday
Suleiman's comments, accusing him of not being able to differentiate between
“what's golden and what's wooden.” The party said that Baabda Palace
has come to require “special care."
Suleiman
replied via twitter saying that what Baabda
Palace needs is
acknowledging the unanimous consensus over the Baabda Declaration that was
reached inside its premises.
بكركي محتلة والراعي تابع لمحور الشر السوري-الإيراني ونقطة ع
السطر!
الياس بجاني/02 آذار/14/تضج صفحات التواصل الاجتماعي منذ ساعات
الصباح بانتقادات للبطريك
الراعي الذي أغفل في عظته اليوم هجوم حزب الله على المركز الماروني الأول في دولة لبنان الذي هو رئاسة الجمهورية ولم يدافع
عنه في وجه هجمات حزب الله السافلة
والقذرة عليه. لهؤلاء نقول صح النوم!! هل الآن عرفتهم من هو هذا الراعي الذي يفترس رعيته ويترك محور الشر يفترس لبنان
ويحيط نفسه بجماعات هم من أيتام مخابرات
النظام السوري من رجال دين شاردين وإعلاميين وسياسيين مرتزقة استيقظوا من غيبوبتكم لأن الراعي فالج لا تعالج والشوك لا
يثمر لا عنباً ولا تيناً. طالبوا الفاتيكان
بعزل هذا الرجل وكل ما عدا هذا الطلب هو مضيعة للوقت. الراعي تابع لمحور الشر
السوري-الإيراني منذ أن وقع في شباك المخابرات السورية والقصة لم تعد سراً. هذا
الرجل وهو أصلاً راهب عليه أن يستقيل ويعتزل في دير ليمضي فيه بقية حياته مصلياً ومستغفرا ...وسامحونا
