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Conflict Incident Report

Veterans protested salary scale outside Parliament

Date of incident: 
October 9, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Retired military personnel took to the streets to voice their opposition to the “minimal and delayed” raises provided for them by the new salary scale.

They are trying to put pressure on the government to make them pay the raise to us directly, without any postponement, and raise it to an amount equal to that of all other public sector employees

Protestors were split into two different groups – one protesting near Parliament and the other near the Finance Ministry, preventing employees from entering.

 

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Conflicts of socio-economic development
Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.