Prime Minister Najib Mikati today received the head of the general labor union, Bechara Al-Asmar, at the head of a delegation to the Grand Serail.
The delegation included Federation Vice President Hussein Fakih, Deputy Secretary General Anton Antoun and members of the Bureau.
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Al-Asmar announced after the meeting: “Our visit to the president’s country is after the positive developments that have taken place in the south, which will positively influence the Lebanese people in the near and long term and in the future, and coincides with the issuance of the budget law, which brought customs and official dollars to Lebanese pounds 15,000, this reality and the need to reformulate salaries in the public and private sector must be addressed, inviting next week to convene the Index Committee with His Excellency on Minister of Labor and this is what happened to the family within social security, in addition to the schools and the transport allowance, and this agreement needs official approval within the indicators committee.
He added: “Regarding the public sector, we have agreed with the President to hold a meeting of the committee charged with raising wages and reformulating the range of grades and salaries in the public sector and that this committee be invited to a meeting that includes all. the representatives of the public sector, from employees and day workers, to the officials of my ministries. Finance and labor concerned, in order to study the reality of wages and the supply chain in the public sector and increase them in proportion to the increases in the budget.
He continued: “The pressing issue now is depositor money, and there must be a presence for the general labor union and civil society bodies in all relevant laws that have a reflection on depositor money, which are raised at the House of Representatives, including the recovery plan, the restructuring of the banks and we must have an opinion on all these issues within the principle of the return of money of depositors and rights holders, and this is a red line for the union general work.
He stressed that “public and private sector termination compensations are no longer commensurate with dollar price increases, and these compensations have become small and any study conducted must be realistic and include all those who have received their compensation from the 2019, and a complete reformulation of this issue needs to be done. ” “.
He pointed out to social security studies which indicated that the compensatory justice in the public and private sector for the guaranteed is equal to 45 million pounds, or one thousand dollars, so on this matter we must not remain silent and the compensation must be reformulated in proportion to the price size increasing. We also ask for half the service and retired soldiers, and with the approval of the budget, the military must be paid a monthly lump sum equivalent to 1,800,000 Lebanese pounds as transportation allowance.
He said: “We have discussed the issue of medicine, which concerns soldiers, civilians and teachers working in the public and private sectors. The guarantee institutions are collapsing, and must be supported by the National Social Security Fund, which has an amount of 5,000. billions of pounds with the Lebanese state and the cooperative of state employees and medical brigades must be supported because there is no way for the Lebanese today, the workers and the military to secure medical treatment and shelter “.
Armed Forces Veterans Association
President Mikati received a delegation from the Association of Veterans of the Armed Forces led by Major General Nicolas Mezher, who said: “We were honored to meet with President Mikati to thank him for his help in securing pensioners’ claims. are available, and we hope we take our rights like other government employees and retirees, we also discussed the issue of medicine in the internal security forces and informed President Mikati that she was insured within the budget.
Ministerial Committee
President Mikati chaired a meeting of the “Ministerial Committee in charge of monitoring the implementation of digital transformation in state administrations”, in which: the Minister of Justice, Judge Henry Khoury, Finance Minister Youssef Khalil, Minister of State for administrative development Najla Al -Riyashi Asaker, Minister of Communications Johnny Al-Qarm, Minister of the Interior and Municipalities Judge Bassam Mawlawi, Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Himiya Rallam, Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Judge Mahmoud Makiya .
Ambassador of Egypt
President Mikati received the Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon, Yasser Alawi, during the meeting the latest developments in Lebanon and the region were discussed.
