Following a meeting held under the chairmanship of deputy Speaker Farid Makari, Defense Minister Samir Moqbel stressed the importance of protecting the rights of the soldiers and all LAF members, as well as the state’s interests.
For his part, Change and Reform MP Ibrahim Kanaan said that a new meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, where discussions will tackle the pay scale with regards to the teachers and administrative employees.
The joint parliamentary committees had convened earlier to discuss the pay scale draft law after having it referred by Speaker Nabih Berri for further examination.
On October 1st, Lebanon's parliament failed to tackle the wage hike draft law after Speaker Berri resent the bill to the joint parliamentary committees for discussion over differences on the raise.
Speaker Berri had earlier warned he would withdraw the draft law from the parliamentary session's agenda if certain parties continued to oppose the bill.
The Union Coordinating Committee, a coalition of private and public school teachers and public sector employees, has been on a continuous sit-in calling on the authorities to pass the pay scale, which stipulates a wage hike.
The decision to revive movements came as a result of the failure of the Joint Parliamentary Committees to resolve the dispute on the Value Added Tax in a proposal aimed at securing the funds for the salary scale that was approved by former Prime Minister Najib Mikati's cabinet.
Former PM Mikati's cabinet endorsed the new salary scale for public employees in 2012, ending a long dispute that had triggered several sit-ins and strikes held by the UCC.
Former President Michel Sleiman signed the decree mid-June 2013 and it was referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committees for further examination, however the law was never passed to parliament.