Dear Editor,
From an edition of the British Guardian newspaper last week, one reads about the new French government: “At the first council of ministers on Thursday afternoon, the government voted on its first measure, a 30% wage reduction for all ministers and the president, as promised by Hollande in his election campaign. Instead of €21,194 (£17,045) a month before tax, the president and prime minister will each receive €14,836. Ministerial monthly salaries drop from €13,423 to €9,396.”
Guyana is a poorer country than France. Could the incumbent government and the President of this country take a lesson from the unique example of the French and offer a 30% reduction on each minister‘s salary?
Guyana cannot afford to pay high salaries to its ministers while its pensioners and workers are struggling to survive in this hard guava season. I am sure that Dr Cheddi Jagan would have surely considered reducing the salaries of all ministers.
Yours faithfully,
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