Miqati Refers Public Employees Wage Scale to Presidency

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati signed a week ago the new wage scale draft-law, which was approved by the cabinet in March, and referred it to President Michel Suleiman.

According to local newspapers published on Tuesday, the presidency received the public sector draft-law on Monday and legal experts will study it.

The Syndicate Coordination Committee vowed in May that any further escalatory measures would not obstruct the official exams for grade 12, threatening to boycott the correction of exams if the draft-law wasn't referred to the parliament.

In March, the Cabinet decided in a marathon session to refer the long-awaited salary scale to the parliament, which prompted the SCC to end its almost one-month long open-ended strike.

Head of private schools teachers association Nehme Mahfoud expected in comments to al-Joumhouria newspaper that the presidency needs two days to examine the draft-law and refer it to the parliament.

E noted that the SCC, a coalition of private and public school teachers and public sector employees, will meet on Monday to discuss the matter.