OGERO Employees Clash Over Politics During Salary Sit-in

Security forces on Wednesday ended a scuffle that erupted between OGERO employees over controversial political slogans they raised during a sit-in against unpaid salaries.

The sit-in, which was aimed at showing solidarity against a delay to transfer funds to OGERO, turned ugly after the split between the employees caused a clash.

Some of the employees blamed caretaker Finance Minister Rayya al-Hasan for the delay in the payment of salaries and others accused caretaker Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahhas of causing the salary crisis.

Voice of Lebanon radio station quoted sources close to the protestors as warning that they would resort to an open-ended strike if their salaries were not paid.