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The president of the General Union of Workers, Bechara Al-Asmar, the president of the Bassam Talees unions, the general secretary of the Union of Public Drivers Ali Mohiuddin, the president of the Union of Shipowners of Tankers and Fuel Carriers, Ibrahim Al-Sareini , the President of the Union of Truckers Shamarfiq Al-Qassis, the President of the Union of Refrigerated Trucks Ali Oassis.
Al-Asmar made a speech, in which he stressed that Lebanese citizens are exempt from mechanical fees, due to the utmost need, because the citizen suffers from scarcity and social problems and needs tax exemptions.
And he asked “to return the inspection to the state, because the workers are employees of the public sector”, asking for “legalization of the inspection.”
Talis said: “The circumstances that the country is going through prompted us to act with wisdom and know-how, especially after the catastrophic explosion in the city of Beirut, and the land transport sector assumed its national responsibilities and canceled its movement on 12 August, knowing that this sector was severely damaged and has martyrs and victims in the port. ” And his or her environment “.
He added: “When we decided to hold the sit-in, we were going for the final closure, and there was contact with the Prime Minister on the issue of mechanical inspection to stop the sit-in, provided that this issue was placed on the agenda of the Council of Ministers. We are not we who went to prepare the bill to include all Lebanese, but us. We wanted the bill to exempt drivers, but Cabinet Resolution No. 7 in Act 46 of 7/28/2020 emphasized the need to prepare a draft law that would exempt all Lebanese from mechanical fees, but two days ago the Interior Ministry issued a decision with No. 1063 asking the Lebanese to go to the mechanical inspection, and to the payment of fees for them, we ask a minister who violates the Cabinet decision?
He addressed His Excellency the President of the Republic and the Interim Head of Government, saying: “Is it reasonable for the minister to contravene the cabinet’s decision? This reminds us of the behavior of the Minister of Economy when he lifted the subsidies to some goods in violation of the cabinet decision.
Talis asked Acting Prime Minister Hassan Diab “to announce his position on this issue, stating that the trucking sector has its position and a minister has no right to violate the cabinet decision.”
He wished President Diab to freeze Minister Fahmy’s decision based on the Cabinet decision, and called on citizens to “not go to the mechanical inspection, knowing that we had previously requested the cancellation of the mechanical inspection, which violates the law and it extorts workers and is an illegal company. “
Tles called for an exceptional and emergency meeting at 10:30 pm on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 to make the appropriate staggered decisions if the problem is not resolved by then, and said: “In cooperation with the General Union of Workers, we will have a position on these matters. “
