The government can afford more than 5% for public servants, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says following an analysis of the government’s finances.
In a column appearing in yesterday’s Stabroek News, Goolsarran scrutinized government expenditure in recent years, monies that it has in bank accounts and the increased revenues from the Value Added Tax (VAT) before arriving at his conclusion.
He also raised the question of why there has been an annual imposition of a salary hike for
