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Hezbollah MPs call for canceling wage hikes of top officials

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Hezbollah bloc MPs said in a statement that wage increases of top Lebanese politicians could not be justified and urged the parliament to cancel them, National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

The wage increases of top officials and politicians should be canceled “due to the deteriorating economic situation in the country, ” the statement said , adding “we do not see the need for increasing the compensation of the three top leaders ( President , PM and Speaker) , the ministers and the members of parliament.”

Hezbollah statement comes after As-Safir revealed on Wednesday that Lebanon’s top ranking officials would each receive a salary hike of anywhere between LL 5.5 to LL7 million ( $3667 to $4667 ), a raise that could result in doubling their current wages and could cost the treasury an additional 9 billion LL annually ($6 million)

As-Safir also revealed that the public sector wage hikes will be as follows:

Category one employees : LL2.9 million ( $1934)

Category two employee: LL1.7 million ( $1133)

Category three employees: LL940,000 ($627)

Lowest ranking employees: LL210,000 ($140)

high-school teachers : LL1 million ($666)

elementary-school teachers LL789,000 ($526)

As-Safir also revealed that the wage hikes were approved by the cabinet despite president Suleiman’s recommendation against any increases in salaries of presidents, deputies and ministers.

According to the article, the new wage hikes and salary scales as approved by the cabinet will cost the treasury 1.2 Billion Dollars annually and the biggest problem is the fact that this money is not available .

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24 responses to “Hezbollah MPs call for canceling wage hikes of top officials”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Good for Hezbollah! The whole country is against those raises… Bunch of thieves.

    1. nayyashAl3arab Avatar
      nayyashAl3arab

      am glad you are getting more rational now; you dont need to defend hizbollah but if you noticed they are very logical: they had enough power to annihilate and exterminate all opponents including hariri and joumblatt and geagea, they did not use their power for that purpose. Why? simple; because according to the plans this is their role. Saddam hussayn, a famous american agent, saw big and believed he can go beyond americas permission: they hanged him. You get only what america wants to give you. Not more and not less. Why do we need mikati and suleiman? What they did with mikdad family was theatre; it was in agreement with them. Enough theatre on the poor lebanese. The turkish hostage was a very very big fish and they got the price. Actually we are paying money for apes; they want wage raise.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I think Hannibal has been fairly logical all along … and it is only logic that will save the place.
        ‘We’ should not mind if logic is applied correctly and fairly to and among all citizens … and logic is without passion.  No-one says that Hezzys can’t be right … on rare occasions. Perhaps they can practice more of it?
        Is everyone paying their taxes and electrical bills ??

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          The last guy who went to daa7ye to collect an electric bill was seen running naked in downtown Beirut heading North… lol

        2. nayyashAl3arab Avatar
          nayyashAl3arab

          i do not think neither of you were logical in most situations till now; i hope me and him would find an agreement land because, even though his approach is illogical, yet we do share many goals; as far as you are concerned, i do not know what to tell you , you just play with words, empty words that hide no core; again maybe it is me not able to decifer any logic in your balbutiations; anyhow dont we say “khouzou al hikmata min afwahi al majanin”. I am still waiting for that wisdom to pour out; you dig dig and dig and at very last second oil will flow like in derricks

        3. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          @nayyashAl3arab:disqus You just saw the light… we were always logical… and yes 5th’s prose is what can I say prosaic? lol I actually enjoy deciphering it. It relieves the boredom I frequently get from reading the posts of some attacking Sunnis and others attacking Shias. I grew up in a very religious household but after I grew up I found out the wisdom of God in the mind and the absurdity of fairy tales in religion.

        4. nayyashAl3arab Avatar
          nayyashAl3arab

          hannibal: i saw the light years ago; unfortunately we were lead or mislead by a bunch of idiots & crooks who did not get it not even now; hizbollah on the other hand did understand the game like father assad did; maybe son assad did not understand the  game until late; but better late than never

  2. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Good for Hezbollah! The whole country is against those raises… Bunch of thieves.

    1. nayyashAl3arab Avatar
      nayyashAl3arab

      am glad you are getting more rational now; you dont need to defend hizbollah but if you noticed they are very logical: they had enough power to annihilate and exterminate all opponents including hariri and joumblatt and geagea, they did not use their power for that purpose. Why? simple; because according to the plans this is their role. Saddam hussayn, a famous american agent, saw big and believed he can go beyond americas permission: they hanged him. You get only what america wants to give you. Not more and not less. Why do we need mikati and suleiman? What they did with mikdad family was theatre; it was in agreement with them. Enough theatre on the poor lebanese. The turkish hostage was a very very big fish and they got the price. Actually we are paying money for apes; they want wage raise.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I think Hannibal has been fairly logical all along … and it is only logic that will save the place.
        ‘We’ should not mind if logic is applied correctly and fairly to and among all citizens … and logic is without passion.  No-one says that Hezzys can’t be right … on rare occasions. Perhaps they can practice more of it?
        Is everyone paying their taxes and electrical bills ??

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          The last guy who went to daa7ye to collect an electric bill was seen running naked in downtown Beirut heading North… lol

        2. nayyashAl3arab Avatar
          nayyashAl3arab

          i do not think neither of you were logical in most situations till now; i hope me and him would find an agreement land because, even though his approach is illogical, yet we do share many goals; as far as you are concerned, i do not know what to tell you , you just play with words, empty words that hide no core; again maybe it is me not able to decifer any logic in your balbutiations; anyhow dont we say “khouzou al hikmata min afwahi al majanin”. I am still waiting for that wisdom to pour out; you dig dig and dig and at very last second oil will flow like in derricks

        3. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          @nayyashAl3arab:disqus You just saw the light… we were always logical… and yes 5th’s prose is what can I say prosaic? lol I actually enjoy deciphering it. It relieves the boredom I frequently get from reading the posts of some attacking Sunnis and others attacking Shias. I grew up in a very religious household but after I grew up I found out the wisdom of God in the mind and the absurdity of fairy tales in religion.

        4. nayyashAl3arab Avatar
          nayyashAl3arab

          hannibal: i saw the light years ago; unfortunately we were lead or mislead by a bunch of idiots & crooks who did not get it not even now; hizbollah on the other hand did understand the game like father assad did; maybe son assad did not understand the  game until late; but better late than never

  3. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    I support this request too. When something is right nobody can be against it.

  4. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    I support this request too. When something is right nobody can be against it.

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