Neyla Tueni Defends the Patriarch

Basically, her entire argument boils down to this: Even if the Patriarch says things that are wrong, we should refrain from criticizing him because his position as a representative of the region’s Christians should remain sacrosanct. She even compared the civil and respectful criticism of Patriarch Rai by March 14 to the humiliation of Patriarch Sfeir back in the day when he was forced to kiss Aoun’s picture..