President David Granger has defended the recent salary hikes for his ministers, which range as high as 50% for those in Cabinet, calling the move an investment in quality governance.
“It was a difficult choice in the first place. It is not something we made recklessly and we had to consider all of the actions and we felt that this was a means of ensuring that the work of the Cabinet, the work of the coalition, would continue,” Granger said during a response to a question about increases on The Public Interest programme, which was broadcast last evening.
Granger was asked whether the administration was considering reversing the decision, in light of the