THE TREASURY COULD be paying out up to $359 460 more next month for parliamentarians.
That’s the amount it is liable to pay if all the parliamentarians are reimbursed the ten per cent cut from their salaries for the last ten months, though one official said there would be no retroactive payments.
The list includes Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, his 16 ministers and three parliamentary secretaries, the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chairman of Committees, President of the Senate, Leader of the Opposition and 12 MPs. It does not include Owen Arthur as it is not known whether he is receiving a salary as an Independent parliamentarian or taking his pension as a former prime minister as he can opt to do.
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