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Ministerial panel approves hike of public sector wages

A ministerial committee tasked with addressing the repercussions of the financial crisis on Wednesday approved a proposed hike of public sector salaries.

“Cabinet will convene next week to study it and approve it,” the National News Agency added.

The meeting was chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and attended by the caretaker ministers of education, finance, justice, interior, industry, social affairs, health, labor, public works and culture. The meeting was also attended by the directors general of the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the Finance Ministry, the head of the Civil Service Council, the head of the Central Inspection Bureau, and Mikati’s adviser Nicolas Nahhas.

Source: Naharnet


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