The Opposition during its press conference yesterday has once again deemed the government’s 6.5 per cent salary increase for public servants “a slap in the face,” and chided the Ali-led regime for defending its position on the subject.
PNCR member, economist, Elson Low, said that having failed to convince anyone with the previous “bogeymen” of inflation and the Dutch Disease, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and other members of the cabinet now claim that the government cannot sustain meaningful increases for those in public service.
He told reporters at the press briefing that the public service is a net contributor to the economy and performs a myriad of functions, which the country stands to lose far more from, than its wage bill.
