 Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah has called upon the Lebanese people to ask the United States and France to cease their interference in Lebanon and to allow the country to manage its own affairs.
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Speaking during Friday's prayers, Fadlallah further urged voters to place the country's interests above all other groups when choosing their representatives in parliamentary elections later this month. "They should study all political players and read the history of each one of them, far from idolizing individuals. The country is above all considerations and individuals," he stressed. Fadlallah called on all Lebanese to keep sectarian demands and political sensitivities far from the debate over the electoral law. He said: "Let the citizenship of the Lebanese be the basis in law, security, economy and vital services." |