What we witnessed this week regarding electricity and public utilities reveals a clear aspect of the dysfunction.
Neutrality is not a withdrawal from right, nor a distancing from Lebanon's surroundings, but rather protecting the homeland from becoming a permanent arena for others' conflicts, and affirming its role as a space for meeting and dialogue and a message of peace.
Peace remains, above all calculations, an existential national need. Lebanon needs a lasting peace, not to remain hostage to the possibility of a new war whenever the region ignites.
It is necessary to stabilize the Lebanese in their land, strengthen social solidarity, and encourage expatriates to invest in their homeland.
We fear the expansion of military confrontations in the region and their repercussions on Lebanon.
The state is measured by the services, justice and protection it provides to citizens, not only by what it collects from them; the citizen is not the easiest link always burdened with the cost of failure
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi is currently receiving French Ambassador Patrick Durrell at the patriarchal headquarters in Bkerke.
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi presided over the Divine Liturgy at St. George's Maronite Cathedral in central Beirut on the occasion of the consecration of the altar of…