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Rahi: Shameful Delay in Cabinet Formation Causing Lebanon's Decay

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon October 26, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said on Sunday it is "shameful" that Lebanese politicians have yet to form a new cabinet nearly three months after elections, blaming their chronic feuding for the country's "decay".

In his weekly sermon, Rahi drew an unfavorable comparison between Lebanon's progress in securing a maritime boundary deal with Israel and the paralysis in domestic politics.

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