The parliament has agreed upon a salary hike – the only thing that remains is deciding how much the salary should be hiked to. Allow me to have a different view, and explain the what/why aspects.
Stereotypes aside, MPs have to work hard and face enormous pressure inside their party and outside by the media/opposition etc.
The salary hike is reasonable, but what we need, to go with it, are strict laws against corruption. Perhaps, laws that bar public service if found guilty of corruption repeatedly, heavy fines and fast-track courts to handle corruption cases.
It is all well and good to support the salary hike in the name of reducing corruption, but without air-tight anti-corruption laws, the only thing the hike does is add even more to the MPs’ kitty. I’m surprised that everyone talks only about the hike without thinking of this little aspect (or maybe I was listening to the wrong group of people?)
Just food for thought.
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