Berri Calls for July 18-19 Legislative Session

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday called for a legislative session aimed at “studying and approving draft laws and proposals listed on the agenda.”

The session will be held on July 18 and 19 and will involve morning and evening meetings, Berri said.

The speaker had on Wednesday announced that the long-awaited new wage scale will be at the top of the agenda.

The Syndical Coordination Committee, a coalition of private and public school teachers and public sector employees, has been pushing for the approval of the new wage scale for several years now and has organized numerous street protests and strikes to this end.