Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had the National Assembly in an uproar on Thursday, accusing the government of not only withholding pay hike discussions across the board but also rhetorically slapping workers in Guyana, citing increases paid to ministers and MPs.
Taking the floor in Parliament, Jagdeo berated the government accusing that side of the house of “trying to illegally withdraw resources from the treasury to enrich themselves. And there is also a sinister motive that many of the members on the other side are insecure about their positions. Mr Speaker, many of them are up there in terms of age; now they know that their pension is calculated on the basis of their salaries.”
The motion brought by the opposition requesting that the salary increases be revoked via the annulment of the