The retired servicemen will head on Friday to the Constitutional Council to file an appeal against a number of items included in the 2019 state budget law, mainly the ones pertaining to imposing a medical fee on their retirement salaries, as well as imposing a cumulative revenue tax on these salaries.
This comes after the appeal was signed by 11 deputies, including Jean Talouzian, Eddy Demerjian, Samy Gemayel, Estephan Douaihy, Paula Yaacoubian, Fouad Makhzoumi, Abdel Rahim Mrad, Nadim Gemayel, Elias Hankash, Assaad Hardan and Chamel Roukoz.