President Michel Aoun reiterated his insistence that there be a draft budget at the earliest opportunity.
"All the ideas that are being circulated are mere ideas that do not oblige anyone. It is necessary to present a clear budget draft, including the desired reforms, at the Cabinet table. This draft should be discussed within the constitutional institutions, whether in the Cabinet or in the Parliament. Subsequently, each party can express its opinion with all transparency, and decisions can thus be taken for the benefit of Lebanon and public finances," the president said, stressing the need to fight waste and control deficit through a general plan reflected by the budget to be approved.
Aoun was quoted by Finance and Budget Committee Head, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, whom he welcomed in Baabda on Thursday, with talks touching on the outcomes of his most recent visit to Washington and his meetings with a number of US officials, and representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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