This is what the Finance and Budget Committee approved

The Finance and Budget Committee held a session in the presence of the Minister of Finance Yassin Jaber and the deputies: Hassan Fadlallah, Alan Aoun, Ali Hassan Khalil, Fouad Makhzoumi, Ghazi Zuaiter, Melhem Khalaf, Adnan Traboulsi, Najat Aoun, Amin Shri, Waddah Al -Sadiq, Jihad Al -Samad, Qasim Hashem, Jamil Al -Sayed, Salim Aoun, Ghada Ayoub, Haider Nasser, George Bochikian.

After the session, the head of the committee said: “We have previously asked the Minister of Finance in the previous session clarifications related to the draft law to increase Lebanon’s contribution to the International Monetary Fund by 50%, equivalent to 423 million dollars as an additional accreditation in the 2025 budget. Financial for this amount, which was raised by a number of colleagues, and the reflection of this on the state’s budget, deficit and savings in the treasury in the event that it is available, as well as the priorities set by the government for projects, investment, reconstruction, electricity and water.

He added: “The Minister of Finance will provide us with details in the coming days, so that the Finance Committee can clearly and transparently, and we will inform the Lebanese to benefit Lebanon from this issue, which can be shortened first, by increasing the possibility of borrowing Lebanon from the International Monetary Fund and obtaining aid. “Qahja” for Lebanon at the IMF to increase investments, not for random spending.

He believed that “it is important that the government not to spend these funds along the lines of what happened previously with the withdrawal rights that amounted to one billion and 200 million dollars without following the required assets and priorities.”

He added: “We emphasize once again that what is required of the judiciary in every file that is referred to it and is held accountable, as it is not sufficient for the House of Representatives to legislate and control and refer to the judiciary, and the judiciary remains as“ the witness who does not need a need, ”noting that the committee“ also approved the law of increasing subscription in the International Finance Corporation of the value of one million and 700 thousand dollars. ”