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Lebanon’s Ministers And MPs Get Paid In Full Despite Economic Crisis
Each and every day, we are witnessing how the worsening economic situation in the country is putting more and more families in danger of losing their livelihood.
But despite the horrific crisis, Lebanon’s current AND former ministers and members of parliament are still getting paid in full, according to LBCI.
In a report that aired on December 3rd, MP Ali Fayyad claims that despite being paid full salaries, deputies were unable to withdraw their salaries at one go from the banks. He also refers to some MPs as “poor” for relying solely on their government salaries. (We’ll pause here for laughter.)
MP George Okais also admitted that “MPs did not deserve to get paid” during October and mid-November, as most of them had not bothered to show up to the parliamentary sessions and effectively did no work.
According to a report released by the Legal Agenda in 2017 that was based on numbers provided by the Ministry of Finance, the average salary of a Lebanese MP is considered one of the highest in the world compared to the minimum wage.
While the ratio of a politician’s salary to the minimum wage is 6:1 in Britain and 10:1 in the U.S. and France, it’s 18.888:1 in Lebanon. This means that an MP’s salary is 18 times the minimum wage.
So EVEN IF ministers and MPs were to be paid half a salary, they would still be making approximately 9 TIMES the minimum wage.
It’s also important to note that while our hardworking ministers and deputies remain untouched by the economic crisis, many innocent individuals are paying the price, and for some, it’s costing them their lives.
But despite the horrific crisis, Lebanon’s current AND former ministers and members of parliament are still getting paid in full, according to LBCI.
REPORT: Lebanon’s deputies got paid their full salaries as the crisis continues #Lebanon @RemmyDerbass
— LBCI Lebanon News EN (@LBCI_News_EN) December 3, 2019
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In a report that aired on December 3rd, MP Ali Fayyad claims that despite being paid full salaries, deputies were unable to withdraw their salaries at one go from the banks. He also refers to some MPs as “poor” for relying solely on their government salaries. (We’ll pause here for laughter.)
MP George Okais also admitted that “MPs did not deserve to get paid” during October and mid-November, as most of them had not bothered to show up to the parliamentary sessions and effectively did no work.
According to a report released by the Legal Agenda in 2017 that was based on numbers provided by the Ministry of Finance, the average salary of a Lebanese MP is considered one of the highest in the world compared to the minimum wage.
#رواتبhttps://t.co/8OjMoOYivX#رواتب_النواب pic.twitter.com/WDFEDlIE3r
— Legal Agenda (@Legal_Agenda) September 5, 2017
While the ratio of a politician’s salary to the minimum wage is 6:1 in Britain and 10:1 in the U.S. and France, it’s 18.888:1 in Lebanon. This means that an MP’s salary is 18 times the minimum wage.
So EVEN IF ministers and MPs were to be paid half a salary, they would still be making approximately 9 TIMES the minimum wage.
It’s also important to note that while our hardworking ministers and deputies remain untouched by the economic crisis, many innocent individuals are paying the price, and for some, it’s costing them their lives.
— Mhّmd (@dankar) December 4, 2019
