Maronite Patriarch: Having a cabinet is better than nothing

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai condemned the regressive economic situation in Lebanon which prompting the youth to emigrate persist, and called on the government to work on reducing people’s suffering.

He said on Tuesday “the government must be held accountable based on its accomplishments ”, the National News Agency quoted him as saying.

During a meeting with a delegation from the business and media communities , Rai insisted that the new cabinet should be dealt with “positively and without prejudices, because having a government is better than not having one.”