Hariri had announced a day earlier a number of reforms to help the country in overcoming its current economic and social crisis.

Among the most important reforms announced by Hariri is a 2020 state budget with 0.6 percent deficit, a cut in the salaries of ministers, parliament members and former MPs by 50 percent, a reduction in the budgets of the Council for Development and Reconstruction and other public institutions by 70 percent.

Also, Hariri said that the government will provide healthcare for the elderly, and inject an additional 20 billion Lebanese pounds (13.23 million U.S. dollars) for the support of the most vulnerable people, in addition to constructing power stations and reducing 50 percent of the electricity's deficit in 2020 while allocating 165 million dollars for housing loans.

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