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| Maronite Bishops urge MPs to vote in presidential elections |
| 2007-09-20 |
| Lebanon's Maronite Bishops on Wednesday stressed that all MPs should take part in a parliamentary session to elect a new president, noting that boycotting such a duty is tantamount to boycotting the nation. "It is the duty of the honorable MPs to attend the election session in order to shoulder their responsibilities towards their homeland and their citizens. Refraining in this domain is tantamount to boycotting the homeland," the bishops said in a statement after their monthly meeting under Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir (picture right) . The meeting, originally scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month, was postponed due to Sfeir's visit to the Vatican earlier this month. |
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