There is already a project in the Sejm regarding pay rises for, among others, the president, former presidents and local government officials. In turn, President Andrzej Duda signed an ordinance introducing increases for deputy ministers. The new provisions will also benefit deputies and senators, whose salaries depend on the amount of the salaries of deputy ministers. Meanwhile, the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) is presenting a bill to freeze raises.
KO announces a project to freeze increases for politicians
PO spokesman Jan Grabiec informed that the KO Club College met on Monday with the PO leader Donald Tusk.
– A decision has been made that the Civic Coalition club will submit a bill on the repeal of the increases granted by the decision of President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki – said Grabiec.
The bill is intended to block the possibility of awarding pay rises to politicians until the end of the current parliamentary term.
Pay increases for politicians – the opposition wants to block wage growth
– We believe that granting raises on this scale is completely unfair and unacceptable at the moment – said Grabiec. – In what is happening at the present time, when the government is failing to cope with the government, when the costs of government are passed on to citizens, when taxes are to rise, when prices are rampant, it is simply unfair to selectively award politicians a raise. We do not agree to it – he added.
– The ruling formation in Poland is responsible for the adopted presidential ordinance, signed by the prime minister. We have nothing to do with it and we do not want to have anything to do with it, which is why we are submitting a bill that will lead to the withdrawal of increases granted by President Andrzej Duda – said the spokesman of the Civic Platform.
Donald Tusk thanked the authorities of the Civic Coalition Club on Twitter for “a unanimous decision on the bill blocking pay rises for politicians”
Earnings of deputies in Poland
President Andrzej Duda on Friday signed a regulation introducing increases for deputy ministers, which means an increase in the salaries of deputies and senators, whose salaries depend on the amount of the salaries of deputy ministers. The salaries of deputies and senators increased from 10 thousand. PLN up to 16 thousand. zloty. Higher salaries are valid from Sunday, August 1.
Members are also entitled to a parliamentary allowance of 25 percent. salary.
In turn, he went to the Sejm on Monday draft amendment to the act on pay rises for village heads, mayors, city presidents and councilors, as well as for the President of the Republic of Poland and former presidents.
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