While outgoing Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas announced in January 2012 that he would look at abolishing the kafala system, in 2013 Labor Minister Salim Jreissati failed to do so or to put forward legislation that would protect the estimated 200,000 migrant domestic workers in the country. 
Wakati waziri wa Kazi aliyemaliza muda wake, Charbel Nahhas Januari 2012 alitangaza kuwa angeangalia uwezekano wa kufutilia mbali mfumo wa kafala,mwaka 2013, waziri wa kazi, Salim Jreissati alishindwa kufanya hivyo au kuweka sheria ambayo ingewalinda zaidi ya wafanyakazi wa ndani wanaokadiriwa kufikia 200,000 nchini humo.