Lebanese Bishop Samir Mazloum said on Sunday that “Bkerké (the See of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate) does not currently see the point of bringing Maronite leaders together to reach a positive decision regarding the presidential [elections],” adding that “although there’s communication between [Bkerké ] and these leaders on one hand and among these leaders themselves on another, issues are still complicated.” Mazloum voiced hope that any meeting which Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea holds with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun yields positive results with regard to speeding up the process of holding presidential elections.
Since the quadrilateral meeting among Geagea, Aoun, Kataeb leader Amin Gemayel and Marada Movement leader Samir Franjieh is useless following several meetings which yielded no positive results, maybe bilateral dialogue can constitute a good start. This is the sort of dialogue which Christians await as they view it as a potentially historical event but the truth is further from that. Political disputes must not lead to the complete severance of relations among parties as alliances and interests are constantly shifting. The absence of communication and the grudge and maliciousness it’s accompanied with negatively reflects on the general political life in the country and particularly affects the Christians in need of security.

Lebanon’s Geagea and Aoun must overcome barriers

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