THE GREEN LIGHT has been given.
The House of Assembly yesterday evening approved the Ministers And Parliamentary Secretaries (Remuneration And Allowances Of Members) Order, 2016, in the absence of Opposition members, who earlier staged a walkout.
Government MPs refused to back down from the contentious legislative move to restore a ten per cent cut in their salaries, but rather doubled down on the decision.
All who spoke denounced the actions of members of the Opposition Barbados Labopur Party and accused them of attempting to mislead the public.
Minister of Education Ronald Jones termed yesterday “possibly one of the saddest day of his life”.
“It is insidious to implant in the minds of both a discerning and undiscerning public that somehow in the midst of salary negotiations, that the Government would first increase their salaries and then wait for the real increase,” he argued.
The implication, Jones added, indicated “a sickness of mind and body”. (WILLCOMM)
