General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Clement Rohee yesterday called on the government to justify what he called an “unconscionable decision” to increase ministerial salaries in some cases by 100%.
Rohee said that as a former minister of Home Affairs he was content with his salary of $579,000 monthly and any decision by the current administration to raise the pay of ministers and vice presidents, while pulling the plug on people-centred policies like the school voucher programme was appalling.
He told members of the media during the party’s press briefing at Freedom House that under the coalition government three ministers would be receiving salaries for work he was solely responsible for under the PPP administration. Rohee said these responsibilities had