Suleiman Tasks Mansour to Hand Syrian Ambassador Letter of Complaint over Violations
President Michel Suleiman condemned on Monday the Syrian troops’ infiltration into Lebanon’s eastern border region of al-Qaa and the shelling of several border towns, particularly in the north.
He tasked Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour to hand Syrian ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali a letter of complaint over his country’s endeavors along the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Suleiman ordered the military command and the competent security agencies to prevent the recurrence of the Syrian violations permanently.
On Sunday, a Syrian force formed of 30 troops infiltrated 500 meters into Lebanon’s eastern border region of Masharii al-Qaa and opened sporadic fire among the residents of the area.
Concerning the Syndicate Coordination Committee’s demands to implement the new wage scale for public workers, Suleiman considered that the protests are being held in the time that the new wage scale is being studied to provide the public workers with their demands.
He called on the public sector workers to suspend their scheduled strike on Tuesday and to give the cabinet the opportunity to resolve the issue.
The SCC, which is a coalition of private and public school teachers and public sector employees, warned during the weekend that it will escalate its action on Tuesday through sit-ins in front of ministries.
They will also kick off a demonstration on Wednesday from Beirut’s Barbir region and head to the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut.
The committee recently boycotted the correction of official exams over the government’s failure to include the new wage scale in the state budget.
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