Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday stressed that the resumption of the government meetings to study and endorse the state budget is crucial for the regularity of the state work.

“We highlight the importance of everybody’s cooperation so that the budget should be a key step on the road to the sought reforms,” said Mikati while sponsoring the launching of the national strategy for the reform of the public procurement system, at the Grand Serail.

“We shall not forget that other due dates are ahead of us, mainly the parliamentary elections, and we will be working to provide the necessary frames to oversee and manage them with efficacy and transparency,” he added.

“The launching of the national strategy for public procurement reform comes in line with our government’s aspiration for reforms as indicated in its policy statement,” Mikati said.

“The reform of the public procurement system in Lebanon is an integral part of the key financial reform package,” he continued.

“This strategy constitutes a launching point for the necessary reform measures, in coordination with all the concerned sides at the national level, as well as the international partners and donors whom I call to help us bring this strategy into effect,” he went on to say.

“Joining efforts at the national level can indeed bring Lebanon to safety in terms of restoring confidence in the institutions’ work, providing a suitable environment for business and investment attraction, and enhancing transparency by deeds not words, in order to place Lebanon again on the map of economic growth, development, and prosperity,” he concluded.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon