The Public Administration Employees Association called on the government to “establish 10 liters of gasoline per day for the employee for every day of work,” and said in a statement: “At a time when the price of a can of gasoline is touching $32, the government has approved a mobile transportation allowance for the private sector, and has forgotten about employees in the public administration, proving once again that it lacks the lowest standards of justice and reform. It is a government that responds only under pressure from the street. So does it want to push employees into the street, burn tires, and close the roads?” Pointing out that it is “a government that does not care about the bad image that these actions may have on the employee and on public administration that is the backbone of the state,” he asked: “How can a government impose on the private sector a transportation allowance linked to the price of a tank of gasoline, while it refuses to implement what it obliges others to do? Where is it in terms of the established principle that the state is an honorable employer?” He added: "Every day an employee goes to work, he bears a loss of his daily livelihood. Is this state logic? Note that giving employees a daily transportation allowance equivalent to 10 liters of gasoline does not cost the state treasury more than 2,500 billion liras annually, while the state budget exceeds 614 thousand billion. Indeed, the reserve clause for bids includes sufficient appropriations to cover this increase. Therefore, the association confirms its previous demands to improve salaries and social benefits, and calls on the government to expedite the approval of a transportation allowance." It is equivalent to 10 liters of gasoline per day for every working day. Failure to adhere to this requirement or adopting an unfair number of liters will lead to irregular work in official departments.” In light of the government's neglect of the demands, the association announced "the continuation of closure on Friday of every week until the purchasing value of salaries returns to what it was before the crisis. The general closure of official administrations and municipalities on Thursday, October 8," stressing that it is "preparing for a central sit-in in Beirut during the next week, with the sit-in and its location to be determined later." She concluded by stressing that “failing to respond quickly to the above demands during this month will push the association to take escalatory steps that may include a complete closure of public administrations until the demands are met.”