The David Granger administration’s decision to raise the salaries of its ministers by as much as 50% continues to draw criticism with political commentator Ralph Ramkarran calling it an abuse of the electorate’s trust and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) calling it “questionable” and urging the government to let good sense prevail.
“The deleterious consequences of this ill-advised act of self-indulgence, bereft of sensitivity, violative of principle, devoid of support except from its beneficiaries, will continue to seep into the national consciousness and will eventually coagulate around negative perceptions, usually expressed in the dismissive – ‘they’re all the same.’ The short-sighted manner, the deceptive process and the defiant tones which accompanied the decision, will colour the outlook by which the Administration is viewed, including by its friends and well-wishers,” Ramkarran wrote in his column in the Sunday Stabroek yesterday.
“If the Government wants to recover some semblance of rectitude it may wish to consider the establishment of a permanent, statutory, structure…and publicly commit to asking the body to review the recent increases and decide whether they are compatible with
