The Council of Maronite Bishops warned that Lebanon may soon collapse unless the nation’s parliament elects a new president.
Since 1943, Lebanon has typically had a Maronite Christian president and a Sunni Muslim prime minister. President Michel Suleiman’s term ended in May 2014, but the parliament’s political factions have not agreed on who the next president should be.
The bishops called upon “politicians to adhere to the constitution and head to parliament to elect a new head of state,” the Lebanese news site Naharnet reported. “Political responsibility requires them to refrain from making excuses.”
