Berri Warns Delay in Budget Has Negative Repercussions
In light of wide labor strikes protesting the government's reported plans to introduce salary cuts as part of austerity measures, Speaker Nabih Berri warned about any further delay in approving the country’s 2019 state budget, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.
The daily said that Berri stressed the need for “government momentum to approve the budget and prevent negative repercussions.”
The Speaker was referring to the strikes that disrupted basic facilities especially in the port of Beirut and the Central Bank of Lebanon, where employees declared an open-ended strike resulting in major damage to the country in general.
On the successive Cabinet sessions to discuss an austere budget, Berri called for speedy discussions, “the priority remains for approving a budget as soon as possible. If they fail to approve it soon i know well where the country will be heading,” he warned.
Source: Naharnet
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