The following are a selection of stories from Lebanese newspapers that may be of interest to Daily Star readers. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.
An-Nahar
Will Parliament torpedo salary scale tomorrow?
UCC: strike and sit-in Tuesday
Confusion in Parliament over the pay hike, a disappointed UCC, and caution from the banks and economic bodies.
A legislative session Tuesday is expected to turn into a confrontation that could torpedo the salary scale and postpone it to a new round of political-unions conflict.
As-Safir
Berri optimistic ... Jumblatt voices fear ... Future bloc swaying
Pay scale [to be] signed tomorrow: politicians under siege
Everyone is geared up for the signing of the new wage scale in Parliament Tuesday.
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is pushing toward the approval of the salary raise accompanied by an “unusual” reform and funding package.
For his part, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned of a Greece-like economic disaster.
Meanwhile, the Union Coordination Committee is preparing to strike Tuesday to pressure MPs to sign the wage hike and prevent abuses of its rights.
The economic committees, in turn, are using all their cards to reduce the losses that will inflict damage on their profit.
The Future bloc is facing a growing divide between the mood on the streets and capitalists’ interest.
Al-Akhbar
Riyadh yet to make final decision on Aoun’s nomination for president, Geagea’s chances very low in Saudi Arabia
MP Michel Aoun has not gotten a final answer from Saad Hariri or Saudi Arabia about his candidacy for the presidency.
However, Aoun has Hezbollah’s full support and encouraging statements from the U.S.
Sources following up on Future Movement politicians’ visits to Saudi Arabia said Hariri and Riyadh have yet to make up their minds on Aoun’s nomination.
The sources said Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stands very little chance of getting Saudi support for his candidacy.
They also said Hariri is yet to make a decision on Geagea’s nomination.
Al-Joumhouria
Bkirki in a hurry, Berri taking it easy and Future Movement yet to decide its stance
While waiting for Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to set a date for the presidential election, political stances focused on the imminent ballot, with the exception of the Future Movement, which is yet to announce its position on the presidential candidate.
Berri has said that he will call a presidential election session after Parliament had approved the pay scale.
Al-Mustaqbal
Rai calls for balancing “reform and rights”
Jumblatt for the appropriateness of "commitments and supplies”
Salary scale between installment and batches
Addressing the pay hike during a Palm Sunday Mass, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai called for balancing “peoples’ rights, the state’s capabilities and necessary reform.”
On the eve of a meeting of the National Struggle Front chaired by MP Walid Jumblatt Monday, sources from the bloc told Al-Mustaqbal that the coalition stressed the need to secure “real funding sources” to finance the pay scale before approval.
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