The funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the LF coordinator abducted and killed by suspected car thieves on Sunday, will take place tomorrow, Friday, at 1 PM, in the Cathedral of Saint Georges in Jbeil. The mass will be presided over by the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai. The burial will take place in his native village, Mayfouq.
Opposition MPs have called for a day of mourning to mark the occasion. The follow-up committee representing the Lebanese Forces, Kataeb, Renewal, and Change parliamentary blocs, together with MP Bilal Hocheimi, called on the Lebanese in a statement to “observe a day of national mourning, as a sign of solidarity with Pascal Sleiman’s family and with the state, in the face of the security anarchy and illegal weapons that Lebanon is enduring.”
The Jbeil District will observe a day of mourning. Shops will be closed. A Popular Emergency Committee in the Batroun region called on “the Federation of Municipalities, the municipality of Batroun, and the city’s Traders Association to act similarly.”
The General Secretary of Catholic Schools also called in a statement for the closure of all Catholic schools in Lebanon tomorrow, Friday, and for the day to be considered “a day of prayer for the salvation of Lebanon.” It also strongly condemned murders and “attacks on human dignity,” alluding to the murder of Pascal Sleiman.
