The Association of Public Administration Employees denounced, in a statement, in the strongest terms, “the brutal crimes committed by the Israeli enemy against Lebanon and the Lebanese, especially the martyrdom of our colleague in the Ministry of Labor and members of her family, and the targeting of the Ministry of Finance in Nabatieh,” considering that “targeting employees, their families, and official institutions is a blatant assault on Lebanon, its state, and its institutions.” She explained, “The public administration employee continues, in light of the aggression and harsh conditions, to perform his duty with live flesh, while the government continues to ignore his suffering and the collapse of his purchasing power. Instead of justice for him, the 2027 budget comes devoid of any serious treatment of salaries and wages, and proposes selective and fragmented solutions that strike at the principle of equality, which is a constitutional right, and attempts to divide public administration employees. We say it clearly: We will not accept. Employee rights are not a favor, not crumbs, and are not subject to installments or installments.” Bargaining.” The association affirmed “adherence to an actual and fair correction of wages: by including 11 times the increase at the beginning of the year 2026, as approved by the Council of Ministers in the session held on February 16, 2026, in a way that restores to the employee a part of his purchasing power, and preserves his dignity and his right to a fair wage, with the necessity of including this project in the budget figures before it is decided.” - Raise the transportation fee in proportion to its actual cost. - Rejecting the retroactive installment mechanism established by the Ministry of Finance. - A new and fair series of ranks and salaries that provides the employee with a decent and fair life according to the price and inflation index and a sliding scale of wages. - Rejecting any selective or discriminatory solutions. She called on "all public administration employees to keep pace with the movements of the Public Sector Associations and to participate extensively in the movement, tomorrow, Wednesday, in front of Riad Al-Solh, starting at 11 a.m.," stressing that "this is not a passing movement... but rather the beginning of escalation." The association also announced that “its meetings will remain open on Thursday and Friday to take escalatory steps, leading to sit-ins, demonstrations, and strikes.” She added: “The time of waiting is over, the time of begging is over, the time of crumbs is over... Our rights are complete, and our dignity is not up for bargaining. We are united in our demand... We are united in our position... and the escalation continues until rights are achieved.”