Parliament Holds Accountability Session

An accountability session chaired by Speaker Nabih Berri and in the presence of PM Saad Hariri and ministers was held at the Parliament on Wednesday with 13 questions listed on the agenda.

At the beginning of the session, Berri called lawmakers for a legislative session on Wednesday, April 17.

The file of illegal hiring in state institutions was first raised in the Q&A session, and Hariri said: “This was not an employment for electoral or political ends. All the political parties were part of it and have hired employees mainly in (state-run telecommunications company) Ogero.”

The government was set to answer questions posed by several deputies about Lebanon’s environmental challenges mainly the garbage management file and the landfills of Costa Brava and Bourj Hammoud.

Before the session, Minister Alain Aoun said: “If I get the chance, I will ask questions about the state budget and the means to reduce the deficit .”

The issue of displaced Syrians in Lebanon, and the government's measures to help their repatriation will also stand as one of the major questions highlighted.

The government will be asked about Lebanon’s problematic traffic congestion mainly in the capital Beirut, pollution in the area of Jounieh and illegal hiring.