After meeting with President Michel Aoun on Thursday, the energy minister sounded the alarm. “This will cause disastrous consequences for various sectors, especially health and hospitalization, in light of the current epidemiological conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. “The problem today is that we used about LBP700 billion ($464.34 million) from the 2020 budget out of LBP1,500 billion. Retired soldiers, who are at the heart of current street protests, rejected the proposal because it excluded them. The ISG urged Lebanon’s leaders to stop delaying the formation of a government capable of meeting the country’s needs and implementing critical reforms.

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2021 12:45 UTC