Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi on Tuesday said in an address he gave at the Patriarchal Institution for Comprehensive Development conference in Bkerke that Lebanon's politics was shrouded with "sabotage and demolition."

"As if political action is for the ruin of our nation and the demolition of our country," Rahi exclaimed.

"Our mind is free, and our abilities are free; if we work together, we can rise in spite of everything," he added.

"We are not the only homeland that has ever experienced this ordeal, and we must jettison our fear and renew confidence in our homeland. Our ancestors had resisted calamities in previous times, and this is our role today," Rahi said.