“The paralysis at the company is greater than any power shortage,” Kamel said during a protest from outside the headquarters of the company in Corniche el-Nahr.
He also pointed out that he will deal with the issue of contract workers within the limits of the Lebanese law, stressing that continuous sit-ins will leave negative repercussions on state institutions.
EDL contract workers have been protesting for months calling on the government to employ them as full-time staff and to pay their salaries.
Their protests have included shutting the gates of EDL headquarters in Beirut and disrupting normal work at the state-run company.
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