According to the published agenda, a draft regulation to determine the amount of daily compensation for promotion of public servants will be the focus of debates within the framework of the teachers’ strike.
On the eight-item agenda, ministers will consider a formula for extending Director-General for Public Security Abbas Ibrahim; in addition to the Treasury Department’s proposal regarding payments for productivity, pension and public money checks.
Earlier this month, the Council of Ministers held a meeting to analyze education, health and finance issues amid the devaluation of the national currency, the drop in purchasing power and the rise in the cost of basic necessities.
Since last May 15, the cabinet has been working on an interim basis after the general elections, without being able to form a new council after Najib Mikati was re-elected prime minister in June.
In this scenario, the government previously held two meetings to discuss the dossiers related to the health (December 5) and electricity (January 18) sectors.
The ministerial calls came after Michel Aoun’s mandate at the head of state expired on October 31 and in the context of the fourth period of power vacuum.
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