The “Gathering of Public Sector Associations, Military and Civilians” threatened to escalate and take field action, in protest against the absence of any actual improvement in salaries and pensions in the 2027 draft budget.
The group indicated, in a statement issued after its meeting, that the draft budget constitutes “a clear denial of the government’s promise, commitment and Resolution No. 2 issued on February 16, 2026, which calls for improving salaries and pensions 30-fold as of January 1, 2027.”
He refused to let the slogans of financial discipline and rationalization of spending turn into an excuse to burden public sector workers, the military, and retirees alone with the cost of the financial, monetary, and banking collapse, at a time when privileges and allocations to other groups continue.
He also rejected what he described as “misleading in talking about the huge amount of salaries in the budget,” explaining that it includes the salaries and allocations of multiple parties, including advisors, bodies, and committees, while only crumbs reach those with limited income.
The group called on the government to immediately amend the draft 2027 budget, and include a 30-fold improvement in salaries and pensions, as a first step towards restoring their value to what they were before 2019, while allocating the necessary appropriations for implementation as of January 1, 2027, in compliance with its promise and decision.
He called for the details of the salary, wages, and compensation package to be revealed to public opinion in full transparency, stressing that “enough is enough, and we will no longer accept that the employee, military, and retiree pay the price of the collapse, while privileges are protected and public funds are depleted.”
He announced that the next stage will be a stage of escalation and field action, calling on public sector associations, educational bodies, contractors and retirees to prepare for strikes, sit-ins and demonstrations, with their locations, timing and implementation mechanism to be announced later.
He concluded: “The government faces its responsibility: either fulfill its promise and include the appropriations in the budget, or bear full responsibility for how things will turn out.”
