PPP/C to pursue motion against gov’t salary hikes

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo (right) and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo (left) bantering about salary hikes and pensions in parliament yesterday.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday vowed that the PPP/C will continue to challenge the contentious ministerial salary hikes, after its attempt to table a parliamentary motion for a reversal of the increases hit a snag.

“It could not be laid today but let me stress that that will not stop us from tabling it again at the first