Beirut: The Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, convened to review a set of draft laws. The agenda included amendments to a provision in the law granting exemptions to affected individuals, revisions to certain articles of the Code of Money and Credit and the law establishing the Central Bank, and the approval of an additional appropriation for public sector retirement pensions.
According to National News Agency – Lebanon, the committee also examined a proposal to consider members of the Internal Security Forces who deserted since 2019 as dismissed from service, with a full forfeiture of their military and financial rights.