“I appeal to President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri to speed the formation process. Enough with consultations, it is time that a government be announced because our homeland is heading to destruction,” said Rahi.

“These are not only my words, these are the words of the international community which is keen on Lebanon, may be a little more than our officials are,” added the Patriarch in remarks he made to reporters from Canada where he leads a pastoral visit.

Rahi said he sees no justification for the failure to form the government the moment Hariri was designated to do so, “enough with consultations here and there. Let Hariri and Aoun form it despite rejections,” he added.

Hariri was tasked with the formation process on May 24 but his mission has been delayed because of wrangling between political parties over Cabinet shares.