Seminar in Beirut by the Women Sector of FM on the economy and politics

The economic empowerment committee in the Future Movement’s Women Sector held last Friday at its Kantari premises, Beirut, a seminar entitled ‘economy and politics: two sides of the same coin’. The Sector’s General Coordinator, Afifa Sayyid, pointed out in her presentation that Deceased Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s socio-political plan aimed at the development and advancement of Lebanon. “The Future Movement was committed to that undertaking which it integrated in it political platform. The socio-economic program of the political movement is based on a belief in the “distinctive characteristic of the Lebanese economy and in its future which qualify Lebanon to play a key economic role in the region”, Sayyid said. For his part, researcher Walid Au Sleiman, noted that the door to reform reside is in the observance of laws, an end to rampant corruption in public administration and the boosting of productivity. He went on to explain that the financing of the proposed grades and salaries scale, can be secured if political focus on end squandering primarily in the electricity and the seaport. He also called for the end of political quarreling which is impeding economic growth. Finally, Abu Sleiman appealed to officials to quickly bring about solutions that will prevent the further escalation of the current economic crisis.

(Source: Al Mustaqbal, June 6, 2015)