After approving the proposed wage scale a day before its resignation, one of the government’s ministers, Minister of State Panos Manjian, got upset that the ministers and MPs did not get the promised raise of 4,300,000 LL each.
The funny part is the Minister of State technically has no ministry to run and is a position given to please political parties usually, so if there’s anything that should be done, we should be eliminating this ministry once and for all.
في الجلسة التاريخية لمجلس الوزراء التي أقر فيها تمويل سلسلة الرتب والرواتب، سُجلت مجموعة اعتراضات. وذكرت صحيفة “اللواء” أن وزير الدولة بانوس مانجيان اعترض على عدم زيادة رواتب الرؤساء والوزراء والنواب. وكأني به يساوي نفسه بسواه متخطياً ما يمثّله من طاقات وما يجسده الآخرون. [Link]
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Someone should tell him Movember is over.
Priceless.
He doesn’t have other resources for work just like many ,let him get his retirement ready before he’s dead
Before posting anything you should do some research ! Although i am a believer in freedom of speech , but this mushroom effect of bloggers should be managed properly.
First and foremost, every government in Lebanon that consists of 24 plus ministers must have two Armenian Ministers. Its not about parties but Sects . Since Lebanon till now is sectarian country everyone should respect that till we succeed in building the long awaited non-sectarian democratic republic.
Second when a minister is not assigned for any specific ministry it doesn’t mean that he simply sits and waits. Those ministers are assigned specific tasks, per project , per study etc.
Third France and other European countries have ministers not assigned to specific ministries.
Fourth, apparently what you have in mind that all ministers are corrupt or run multiplication dollar businesses …
Well let me tell you this there are ministers who are not clansmen , there are ministers Like Gen Panos Manjian and Charbel Nahhas who are from the deep layers of Lebanese society and believe it or not they used to get paid and still get paid basic salaries.
Check the minimum expenses of a minister.
In Lebanon you have governmental employees that get paid 20,000 usd like moudeer 3am el tayaran.
So do some research to those ministers before posting your silly comment, check who is the minister Panos Manjian ,learn about his history , read about people like Minister Charbel Nahhas.
If you want your blog to be of value, don’t throw your shit in it, don’t be like (neswen el fern), dont make it a hearsay bag.
And finally read , read books , read history , it self tutoring is good thing, if you consider yourself an honest blogger ,and online journalist don’t be a retard or illiterate. at least do some small research on the topic.
Hratchian,
What you replied has absolutely nothing to do with my post nor does address the subject of this post. I don’t know why you are taking it personally as if it was meant against that specific minister or Armenians.
The fact that they must have 2 Armenian Ministers when the gov is +24 is in itself demeaning to the Armenian community in Lebanon who should be represented in any government anyhow given that they are a vital community and an essential bloc in the Lebanese politics.
If you believe we should accept it that way because everyone is sectarian in this country, let’s agree to disagree.
Secondly, your first argument contradicts your second because what you are saying basically is that we have to give Armenians a ministry because it’s +24 and then try to justify what a minister of state does. You are comparing a country with 4 million citizens and 30 ministers to France which has less than 30 ministers for tens of millions. Lebanon doesn’t need 30 ministers and we both know that.
Fourth, that’s your assumption and not mine.
Well let me tell you this there are ministers who are not clansmen , there are ministers Like Gen Panos Manjian and Charbel Nahhas who are from the deep layers of Lebanese society and believe it or not they used to get paid and still get paid basic salaries.
As for Gen Panos Manjian’s request, I agree that some officials are getting paid more than they deserve but the solution is to lower their salaries not raise the ministers’ and MPs’ salaries. There are decent ministers in the government but the basic salary is like 10 times higher than the average salary for all the Lebanese so it doesn’t make sense to ask for a raise and I think Nahhas would have agreed with me.
When I post something, I know what I am talking about and I accept critiques but not insults. This post is not directed towards a specific minister but the fact that asking for a raise for our politicians is illogical. We need less ministries, less salaries for our politicians and more competent ministers. Since Minister Manjian has a long history in the army, he could easily fit as a minister of defense or interior. This should be your argument.
Last but not least, I believe to have a decent knowledge of things and wouldn’t mind discussing them with you in a proper fashion.