BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri called Wednesday for a Parliament session on June 10 over the controversial wage hike draft law.
The session is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. next Tuesday and would resume in the evening.
The fate of Lebanon’s official exams hinges on the scheduled session after teachers vowed to boycott the tests if the wage hike was not endorsed.
The civil servants have been involved in a faceoff with officials for the past two years to pressure lawmakers to endorse the bill, which economists warn would harm and already overburdened treasury.
Parliament has been looking into securing resources for the salary increase before adopting it to avoid damaging the country’s economy.
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