The Tripoli-based House of Representatives (HoR) held on Sunday a workshop entitled "Coronavirus - A New Economic and Social Reality”.

The HoR explained on Facebook that this activity comes within the framework of the parliament’s endeavors to draw up and supervise the country's economic policies after the Covid-19.

The economic and social conditions after Covid-19, its effects, and social dimensions were the focus of discussion in the workshop that took place at the HQ of the HoR in Rixos.

The session was opened by member of the HoR and head of the Planning, Finance and Budget Committee, Abdel Moneim Balkour, with the participation of several HoR members and experts in the financial, economic, planning, and sociology fields.

The experts meeting discussed what can be done to mitigate the impact of the crisis and presented several working papers in this regard.

They also submitted perceptions, statistics and recommendations for the House of Representatives, expressing their hope that decision makers will take the appropriate decisions, and set the right policies that would save the national economy and limit the negative impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economic and social life.