Hariri said the government will provide healthcare for the elderly, inject an additional 20 billion Lebanese pounds (13.3 million U.S. dollars) to support the most vulnerable, build power stations and reduce 50 percent of the electricity's deficit in 2020.
The government has also agreed not to impose new taxes on citizens, with the central bank and commercial banks contributing mostly to the reduction of the budget deficit.
"Banks are already squeezed by previous taxes in the 2019 state budget. The government is targeting a sector that ensures liquidity in the market," Ghobril said, adding banks have started cutting costs by stopping projects and closing branches.
"Lebanese authorities should have formed a new government with 16 members of experts who have credibility to implement concrete convincing measures immediately," he added.
Makram Rabah, a lecturer at the American University of Beirut's Department of History, believes that a transitional government should assume the responsibility of implementing political reforms by making changes to the entire political system.
Aboul Hassan, however, insisted that the most efficient thing to do for the time being is to supervise reforms' implementation and come up with a new parliamentary election law which will lead to a new political class.
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