OPINION

Pay rise is uncalled for

News, Editorial, Published on 09/11/2016

» The committee in charge of brainstorming reform has been silent for some time. Last weekend, however, it came up with its strangest idea yet. It sought backing to raise the salaries of government officials and parliamentarians. This is not just a normal pay rise of a few percentage points. The National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) proposed laws to double and triple the current level of remuneration.