Photo dating from February 2026 of the Public Employees' Cooperative in southern Lebanon, closed during the strike that month protesting the increase in gasoline prices in Lebanon. (Photo shared by Muntasser Abdallah/L'Orient Today)
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber sent to Cabinet, on July 27, a draft implementing decree that provides for the staggering of increases owed to civil servants, military personnel and retirees, starting from March 1, 2026, over twelve months, until August 2027. The Public Sector Leagues Gathering — representing both civilian and military employees — reacted the same day: according to them, neither the law nor the Cabinet's decision contains any provision that would authorize such an installment plan. The Public Sector Employees League followed the next day, demanding a single payment in August and threatening unspecified escalatory measures if the decree is adopted as is.Six installments, not six salariesThe Cabinet decided on Feb. 16 on a provisional allowance equal to six times the base salary, to be implemented from March 1, financed...
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber sent to Cabinet, on July 27, a draft implementing decree that provides for the staggering of increases owed to civil servants, military personnel and retirees, starting from March 1, 2026, over twelve months, until August 2027. The Public Sector Leagues Gathering — representing both civilian and military employees — reacted the same day: according to them, neither the law nor the Cabinet's decision contains any provision that would authorize such an installment plan. The Public Sector Employees League followed the next day, demanding a single payment in August and threatening unspecified escalatory measures if the decree is adopted as is.Six installments, not six salariesThe Cabinet decided on Feb. 16 on a provisional allowance equal to six times the base salary, to be implemented from March 1,...
