Civil Defense Volunteers End 12-Day Protests
Civil Defense volunteers ended a 12-day protest on the Lebanese-Palestinian border on Friday after receiving vows from officials that their longtime demand for full-time employment will be met, the National News Agency reported.
The campaigners ended their protest and dismantled tents that they had erected on the border, NNA added.
They plan to hold a press conference on Saturday in Martyrs Square in Beirut.
The volunteers escalated measures in mid August and erected a tent along the border protesting the government’s delay in granting them full-time employee status.
Late in 2015 the cabinet adopted decrees for the appointment of the head and members of the Civil Defense Directorate.
However it failed to pass decrees related to the full-employment of volunteers although it vowed to address the issue in coming meetings.
Source: Naharnet
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