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
Salary scale at a standstill
The parliamentary joint committee will meet again Wednesday to discuss the salary raise.
Parliamentary sources told An-Nahar that the meeting will address the demands of private sector teachers who are calling for a six-grade raise, which requires a study of the costs that would result if this was generalized to all sectors included in the salary scale.
Concerning the raise for military personnel, the sources said this issue aimed to restore the figures to what they were previously under the plan proposed by the Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee MP Ibrahim Kanaan – LL 2.4 billion, which requires search for new funding sources.
As-Safir
Hariri’s return will stir up ‘political quagmire’
Future Movement leader Saad Hariri’s visit to Rome, where he announced that he plans to return to Beirut put parliamentary elections back on the political track despite pessimism over the presidential election issue.
Hariri has succeeded in wooing Christians and the Maronite spiritual leadership through giving priority to the presidential election and his showing willingness to carry out initiatives in this direction, March 8’s weak point – particularly Hezbollah, which has surrendered to the nomination of MP Michel Aoun, although the majority in the March 8 coalition are convinced that the arrival of Gen. Aoun to Baabda Palace has many pitfalls, both internally and externally.
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