Beirut, on November 10, 2009

His Eminence the Sheikh of Druze monotheist confession congratulated the Lebanese for the birth of the government, hoping that “it will concretize the hopes of all the citizens towards a better future through which they may achieve their national ambitions”. He also called that “the cabinet will be the only place where the differences are expressed to prevent the return to the street” delivering the following speech: “We congratulate the Prime Minister El Sheikh Saad Hariri, the members of the government  and all the Lebanese in the occasion of the constitution of the new government which was expected since a long time and we hope that the delay period will have contributed in breaking the psychological and political obstacles that were raised during the few past years, and that the government will seek to concretize all the hopes and expectations of citizens through achieving their national ambitions.”
He added: “the availability of good political intentions upon all the parties is an automatic entrance to the success of the government work, which will face a set of files and problems accumulated because of the delay of the constitutional institutions work, especially in the living, social and economic fields, where it is supposed to take radical and audacious decisions to solve a lot of dilemmas in the productive fields.”
He also said: “we expect that the new government will be a site for dialogue sponsored by the President of Republic General Michel Sleiman, concerning the difference matters and that the Cabinet will be the only place where the differences are expressed to prevent the return to the street, which will lead one more time to tense the internal climates in a way that will not convene the higher national interest.”
I wish success for the president Rafic Hariri and his government in the new missions that are waiting for him, I look forward that the constitution of the government will be a new opportunity through which the Lebanese will stabilize their ability to manage their own affairs by themselves far from the superficial conflicts and narrow accounts.