Exclusive, "Akhbar al-Yawm" agency

An informed Christian authority considered that the meetings in Bkerki to discuss a draft document on national issues have not stopped, so that we find among the Christian parties those who implicitly criticize this dialogue taking place in Bkerki, and then we hear an objection against the Maronite Patriarch, Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, presiding over the burial ceremony of Pascal Sleiman, which indicates the continued divergence of forces on many details, and this is also what bothers the Patriarch.

In an interview with the "Akhbar al-Yawm" agency, the source stressed that the matter does not depend on a "paper", hundreds of papers were issued and remained in the archive, the most important is the sincere intention, commitment and implementation.

Here, the source asked: Can Christians agree on a specific name for the presidency of the Republic? Recalling that last summer, the main parties agreed on the name of former Minister Jihad Azour, but they did not succeed in reaching the implementation stage and translating the agreement by election, as these parties did not stick to their candidate and did not convince others.

Considering that Patriarch Al-Rahi expresses the tougher position in the presidency, election and respect for the Constitution, the same source pointed out that the "line" between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah is not solid.

But the source added: this time Hezbollah and the Amal Movement are very coherent in everything related to the presidential entitlement, in other words, the experience of electing President Michel Aoun will not be repeated.

In response to a question, about whether there is external pressure to elect a president next month, the source only said: so far there are no signs for implementation...