After months of bickering over names, Cabinet Wednesday finally formed the long-awaited Petroleum Administration in a step seen as an attempt to embellish the image of the embattled government.
Cabinet, which dedicated its session to discussing proposed taxes to fund the controversial new salary scale for government employees, suddenly decided to adopt Energy and Water Minister Gebran Bassil’s suggestion to approve the names of the Petroleum Administration although the issue had not been on the government’s agenda.
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