In keeping with the PPP decision not to accept a salary increase for its Members of Parliament (MPs), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the additional money is being deposited into a bank account.
In response to questions asked by Stabroek News during a press conference at his Church Street office, Jagdeo informed that the party has an account at a commercial bank; he was unable to say which one. “I can’t tell you exactly how much money is in the bank account but it is a requirement that I know that our MPs are deducting the money and sending it to that bank account”, he said.
Asked what the party plans to do with the money, Jagdeo said that no decision has yet been made. He assured that “not a cent has been spent from the time the increase was paid out”.