Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi called on the State to confront the 'saboteurs’ who have disrupted the mass demonstrations across the country in the last few days, urging to limit their evils so as to prevent the security situation from slipping towards more sedition.

“You, who are hiding behind suspicious vandals to sabotage the true meaning of the revolution, stop planting suspicious demonstrators,” Al-Rahi said during Sunday sermon.

“We will not allow anyone to abolish the civilized Lebanese state; we support the government for one purpose only and it is to hear the voice of the people who want a government that implements reforms internally and internationally,” he added.