Unemployment spreading while government is unable to fill public posts

While labor minister, Sajaan Azzi, continuously refer to the galloping unemployment in the country, member of the Change and Reform Coalition, Simon Abi Ramya, pointed, albeit unintentionally, to both government's inability to address the issue of unemployment and to the failures of the civil service system, when he indicated that 17 thousand vacancies are currently across ministries and public departments. Abu Ramya, who was speaking during a meeting yesterday of the Parliamentary Youth and Sports Committee, disclosed that only 7 thousand of the 24 thousand public posts Yesterday’s session discussed Decree No. 319 regulating the ministry of youth and sports and maintaining its need to fill a number of vacancies. In this respect, a study completed by the ministry has revealed a shortage in commissioners (176 persons required against only 48 current employed), which explains the deterioration in the ministry’s services. (Al Diyar, Al Akhbar, August 24, 2016)