Before the budget reaches the cabinet, Speaker Nabih Berri stressed that the draft law does not include austerity measures affecting the low-income employees and poor factions of the society. He stressed that this matter is not even proposed.
During Wednesday’s deputies gathering in Ain al-Tineh, Speaker Berri renewed the call on all the parties to help in saving the country from this difficult economic situation, emphasizing the need to reduce the deficit in order to overcome this situation.
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