Civil Defense Volunteers Escalate Measures Mid August

Civil Defense volunteers vowed on Saturday to escalate actions if the government decrees for their full-time employment were not implemented.

The volunteers gathered in martyrs square and made a televised statement vowing to head to the Lebanese-Palestinian border without disclosing what they intend to do after.

They want to pressure the government to implement decrees that make them full- time employees.

“Our next move will be at the Lebanese-Palestinian border. We will head there on August 15 and we will erect tents and our action will start,” said a spokesman of the volunteers.

Late in 2015 the cabinet adopted decrees for the appointment of the head and members of the Civil Defense Directorate.

However it failed to pass decrees related to the full-employment of volunteers although it vowed to address the issue in coming meetings.