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Manjian expects rise tax on red gas

14-12-2011 | 05:37

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State Minister Panos Manjian expected that the cabinet would take a decision today (Wednesday) regarding rise of vat tax on red gas oil. Speaking to "Voice of Lebanon” radio station, Manjian indicated that the decision was previously made but was postponed because Financial Minister Mohammad Al-Safadi hadn't presented any statistics.

Commenting on wage increase, the Minister said, “Labor Minister Charbel Nahas' draft wasn't seriously discussed and the increase that was endorsed did not satisfy neither employees nor teachers."

However, he added that the cabinet would not be able to really give employers the right increase in light of the accumulated flows on that since 1996 until 2011, pointing out that the economic sector cannot bear raising the minimum wage increase between 60% and 70%.

Separately, Majian stressed that appointments are important to correct the labor pattern, denying his knowledge "about any set date to discuss appointments issue."

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