Acting Labor Minister, Suleiman Sign Transportation Decree
Acting Labor Minister Nicolas Fattoush and President Michel Suleiman signed on Thursday the transportation allowance decree, which was a point of contention between ex-minister Charbel Nahhas and Prime Minister Najib Miqati.
Fattoush said following talks with Miqati at the Grand Serail that the PM informed him about his approval of the resignation of Nahhas and stressed the importance of “boosting the cabinet’s work.”
Nahhas submitted his resignation to Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday, refusing any compromises regarding the transportation and education allowances decrees and vowing not to sign them.
On Wednesday, Energy Minister Jebran Bassil handed Miqati the labor minister’s resignation, which was approved swiftly by the premier and President Michel Suleiman.
President Michel Suleiman signed on Thursday the decree of Nahhas' resignation.
“I hope that this would be an occasion for the cabinet to kick off” its sessions “to achieve what the Lebanese desire,” Fattoush said.
He also urged all the officials to abide by the law.
The parliamentary session adjourned on Wednesday the discussions of two urgent draft laws set to legalize the transportation allowance decree proposed separately by Kanaan and al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Nabil de Freij.
However, the parliament can refer the two draft laws to the parliamentary committees on Thursday to study them.
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