Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. (Credit: AFP)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for a joint parliamentary committee session to be held on Thursday at 11 a.m, his press office said in a statement Monday.
The committees invited include Finance and Budget, Administration and Justice, Public Health, Labor and Social Affairs, National Defense, Interior and Municipalities, Information Technology and Media and Telecommunications, according to the statement.
"The session will focus on studying several draft laws, including one that would subject contractors at the Information Ministry to the retirement law. Another proposal seeks to amend paragraph (b) of Article 37 of Law No. 367, issued on Aug. 1, 1994, which regulates the practice of pharmacy. The committees will also review a draft law aimed at empowering municipalities, as well as a proposal to establish a National Agency for Digital Transformation," the statement noted.
Joint committee sessions in Lebanon’s Parliament are meetings that bring together multiple parliamentary committees to study, debate and recommend draft laws that span across more than one sector or area of expertise.