Minister of Culture, Judge Mohammad Wissam Al-Mortada, issued a statement today marking the Labor Day occasion, in which he said: “Labor Day comes this year as the prospects for work are blocked before citizens who seek immigration, even if illegal, on dilapidated boats.”

“The Eid comes while the homeland is immersed in its multiple economic, social and monetary crises,” he added.

“Despite this, we have nothing but to cling to the authenticity of the Lebanese and their ability to overcome all adversities and difficulties as they have done previously, and therefore we say to the laborers, Happy Eid, and we hope that the next Eid will surely bring goodness for the whole country,” Mortada concluded.

Source: National News Agency