Govt. to Ask BDL, Armed Forces for Numbers before Taking Budget Decisions

The Cabinet continued its discussion of the 2019 draft state budget on Tuesday, announcing that it intends to ask Bank du Liban and the armed forces for "financial data and numbers."

"We hope to finalize the issue of the budget on Friday or before Friday," Information Minister Jamal al-Jarrah said after the session.

"Things are very good and the ongoing discussion is responsible and based on numbers," he added.

"There are some financial data and numbers that we will ask from BDL and the armed forces so that they be studied and analyzed tomorrow in order to take decisions," Jarrah explained.