⁍ Lebanon’s top Christian cleric took a swipe at leaders of the Shi’ite Muslim community.


⁍ Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai asked how one sect can demand ‘a certain ministry’
Shi’ite politicians say they must name the finance minister.


– The leader of Lebanon’s Maronite Christian church has lashed out at the country’s Shi’ite Muslim community, accusing it of obstructing the formation of a new government, Reuters reports. “In what capacity does a sect demand a certain ministry as if it is its own, and obstruct the formation of the government, until it achieves its goals, and so causes political paralysis?” said Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai in a sermon yesterday. The country is in the midst of its worst political crisis since the end of civil war, and politicians from both sides are feuding over who should be named as finance minister.



Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-lebanon-crisis-government/political-paralysis-lebanese-patriarch-points-at-shiite-leaders-for-cabinet-delay-idUSKCN26B0G4