The Basic Education Teachers Association sent a letter to Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, urging him to call for an urgent parliamentary session dedicated to livelihood affairs, and to open the necessary funds to pay the scheduled increase to the public sector.
The book states: “It is known far and wide, and ally and adversary repeat it, that you are the safety valve for this country and the most concerned about its unity, protecting its people, and doing justice to its children. We have long been patient with the collapse of our salaries, and with it our purchasing capabilities have collapsed, and we are at or below the poverty line. Successive governments have not been fair to us, and even the current government has not included in its budget any increase in salaries, had it not been for your direct intervention and linking the approval of the budget to the government’s pledge to increase the sector.” “General.”
The association added: “Since its session on February 16, the government has approved giving a six-fold increase in salary, which is worth between 150 and 200 dollars at best. However, due to procrastination, it did not submit the request to open credits until the end of April, knowing that it approved an increase in gasoline and began collecting it the next day.”
She continued: “We know, Mr. President, that you included the opening of appropriations in the session to which you were called, and we waited impatiently, but the circumstances that accompanied the amnesty project necessitated your wisdom and insight to cancel the session.”
The association saw that “living conditions do not wait, the high prices are eating away at our salaries, inflation is crushing our capabilities, and the proposed increase is eroding before we get it. Therefore, we came to you with this open letter appealing to you and crying out in you the pain of the deprived and oppressed, and we ask you to call for a parliamentary session to be held sooner rather than later dedicated to livelihood affairs, to open the necessary funds to pay the increase, and to approve projects that lift the burden of need and destitution from the shoulders of citizens.”
