The attack targeting the Maronite Church was made in a statement issued after a meeting by the opposition factions at the offices of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Lebanon's chapter of Syria's ruling organization.
The parties said Sfeir's rejection of the 1960 election law aims at "deepening the factional split in the country and serves the majority."
Sfeir , along with the Christian leaders of the parliament ruling majority have objected to the 1960 election law on the basis that it misrepresents the Christian community in Lebanon, since the Christians will not be able to vote for their preferred candidates. In other words the other religious sects will determine who should represent the Christian community.
The opposition has been targeting Sfeir since a long time . Both , former MP Suleiman Franjiyeh and MP Michel Aoun have attacked him on several occasions.
The opposition said the majority is in a "critical condition, which led the United States to dispatch its destroyer Cole to boost their collapsing morale and protect them against the mounting influence of the opposition." This claim was denied by the ruling majority. Walid Jumblatt, a key member of the ruling majority said " our morale is very high and we don’t need warships to boost them
The statement by the opposition also congratulated Syrian President Bashar Assad "on the anniversary of the March 8 revolution in Syria."
It also "valued the stands of the Syrian Command … its persisting support for the resistance and rejection of the American-Zionist agenda in the Middle East."
Sources: Naharnet