BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Cabinet convened Monday at Baabda Palace to discuss 30 items on its agenda, including the renewal the Central Bank's vice governors' four-year terms.
"There will be discussion over the oil decrees, renewal of the vice governors' terms, and other appointments," Health Minister Wael Abu Faour told reporters before stepping into the 5:30 meeting.
Abu Faour also said that the draft law for the new public sector salary scale will be debated in light of the Union Coordination Committee’s general strike this week.
Angered by the Parliamentary committee’s failure to approve and put to a vote the government proposal to raise the salaries of civil servants, the UCC called for a general strike Wednesday along with a protest outside Parliament.
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi said the government was also scheduled to appoint Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Basbous as the head of the Internal Security Forces.
Basbous became acting ISF chief after Rifi retired from his post last year.
Other ministers said the Cabinet will discuss the recently drafted plan to restore security to the northern city of Tripoli and the Akkar region.
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