Sponsor: Lebanese identity threatened by new political reality and suffocating economic crisis

The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bishara, Boutros Al-Ra & i, saw him That "the Lebanese identity is threatened today because of the new political reality, which violates the Constitution and the Charter and introduces the knowledge and practices that are gradually changing the face of Lebanese politics and society. ".

The Maronite Patriarch added to Opening of the Bkerki Economic and Social Forum:Are threatened by the economic crisis and the suffocating living conditions that force the Lebanese, especially Christians, to emigrate, especially the best of our young university graduates, while confirming two million displaced people and refugees in from Syria and the Palestinians, a destructive international policy. "

And"I would like to extend a warm welcome and thank you, Lebanese and proliferating countries," he said, addressing the audience with sincere plea to participate in this forum, interacting with its general theme: "Together we highlight the roots of our youth. " Politicians in our country pay no attention to our young people, as they do not care about their future, but instead close the door to their expectations and open the door to immigration. 40% of them are unemployed and wonder if politicians realize that a country without young intellectuals and without a creative future The Promising? ".

"You are here today and tomorrow to reflect together, work together and plan together to establish our generations in our homeland, which is on the threshold of the beginning of the first centennial declaration of an independent and sovereign state: the state of cultural, religious and political pluralism in a national unity, the state of common life in which Christians and Muslims participate in governance and administration in a fair and balanced way, in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and the National Charter of 1943, set out in the 1989 Taif Conference National Reconciliation Document. All these elements distinguish Lebanon from the Middle East, and make it a model and a message. "