Cabinet Expected to Issue Wage Hike Decree on Wednesday
The cabinet is expected to swiftly issue the decree on the controversial wage hike during its session on Wednesday, according to al-Liwaa newspaper.
Sources denied that the appointments of the top civil servants to administrative posts reserved for Christians, among them the Higher Judicial Council, will be tackled during the session.
The agenda of the cabinet will include 54 items.
The sources revealed that the cabinet will hold another session on December 27 at the Grand Serail as the General Labor Confederation is set to stage a strike across Lebanon to protest the cabinet wage hike.
Sources close to Prime Minister Najib Miqati told al-Joumhouria newspaper on Monday that the cabinet will “issue the wage hike decree in accordance with the Shura Council recommendations, although they’re not binding.”
The sources added that the PM “hopes” that the ministers take into consideration the economic and financial status of the treasury before “proposing any project that would cost the state millions.”
The Shura Council approved on Friday the cabinet’s controversial decision on the wage hike, by adding some modifications to it but without interfering with the amount of increase on brackets.
The cabinet’s wage proposal made by Miqati states that the minimum wage should be increased by LL100,000 to LL600,000, salaries under LL1 million by 30% up to a LL200,000 increase, and salaries above LL1 million by a 20% increase up to LL275,000.
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