NNA
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s media office considered that “the statements made by the Governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh, during his television interview, in which he mentioned, among other things, that Prime Minister Siniora was the one who engineered the increase in the ranks and salaries scale in Parliament, is fabricated and untrue.”
The bright and well-known fact is that Prime Minister Siniora is the only politician who stood against approving the salary scale in its three stages, and this appeared in more than one stance and speech he made in the House of Representatives and in the parliamentary sessions that were held for approval in the years 2011-2012 and 2017, i.e. in the years that took place. After the years of the two governments headed by Prime Minister Siniora.
The media office added, “The parliament’s minutes bear witness to the interventions of President Siniora and his public and objectionable stances in front of everyone in the face of many of those who were insisting on increasing spending in this dangerous manner, and because it bears the state’s finances more than it is capable of enduring, especially in light of the continuing intractability to approve Implementing the administrative, economic and financial reforms that Prime Minister Siniora stressed the need to adopt and persevere in their commitment.
However, the majority of the political forces in Parliament agreed to endorse these new chains under the pressure of overwhelming populist outbids, especially what happened in 2017 prior to the parliamentary elections, specifically in the speech delivered by Prime Minister Siniora in that session that was held on 03/15/2017, which testifies to that. “.
The media office said: “The words and positions of Prime Minister Siniora in the sessions and discussions of the House of Representatives during the stages of discussing bills approving salary scales from 2011 to 2017 were stressing the great risks that will result from the continuation of undisciplined spending and lack of approval and implementation.
” The necessary reforms that Lebanon needs, which are supposed to increase the volume of production, enhance productive efficiency in the Lebanese economy, lead to a reduction in consumer and consumer spending, and also increase the revenues of the public treasury, knowing that the continuation of the deficit in the budget and treasury accounts will have serious future consequences. “.
He concluded, “The majority of political forces know and realize that Prime Minister Siniora was the first to warn against exaggerated and ill-conceived spending so that Lebanon does not reach what it has reached now. This is what the Lebanese know well, and the ruler is aware of it, but he neglects to acknowledge it.”