The executive of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is to meet and discuss the recent hike in salaries for government ministers and other officials, but executive member Desmond Trotman yesterday said the alliance supports the position of its youth arm, which among other things said it was dissatisfied with the method and timing of the increase.
Trotman, who was an APNU member of parliament in the last sitting of the National Assembly, said the executive would be meeting during this week and a statement would be issued on the issue. The WPA is one of the parties in the APNU grouping and its senior member, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine is a member of the government and would benefit from the salary hike.
The increases were quietly gazetted without a public announcement earlier this month, after an initial denial in August that they were being considered. President David Granger along with members of his Cabinet including Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has
