LMP calls for wage increase to match inflation in public sector
The co-leader of opposition LMP called for wage increase in the public sector to match inflation on Wednesday.
Máté Kanász-Nagy told a press conference that raising the salaries of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and other government members was not enough for guaranteeing the quality of public services.
The salaries of teachers, social workers, nurses and elderly care workers also need to be increased, he said.
Parliament is scheduled to hold a debate later in the day on a proposal in line with which Orbán would “take care of” increasing the wages of the members of the government. Under the proposal, the rate of increase would also be decided by the prime minister, Kanász-Nagy said.
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He added that Orbán’s salary had increased by 233 percent in the past 12 years, while the salaries for state secretaries have gone up by 75.5 percent.
The problem is not that leaders get more money but that public sector workers again get neglected, he said.
Answering a question, he said that in addition to a one-time wage increase matching inflation, teachers’ wages should also be tied to the minimum wage. If Hungary wants to close the gap with Austria in terms of teachers’ wages by 2030, then they must increase by 100,000 forints (EUR 260) annually, he said.
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Source: MTI
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WHAT a personified EXAMPLE – is this article, that the Prime Minister – Victor Orban and his Government are ZONED in deepening there POWER , that Hungary – it will be my way or our way under the Fidesz Party dogma – or no way.
The on-going series of processes by this Government, the removing of core principals that Democracy exist and are built on, dismantling, fragmenting and totally dismissing – core ingredients of Democracy, is the AGENDA path – for the future of Hungary, under this Government, led by the current Prime Minister – Victor Orban.
It ASTOUDS me – citizens are NOT growing in concern with FACTUAL evidance that is before our very eyes – this “buoyant” agenda and path, being “propelled” by this present Government in Hungary.
My Way – our Way – barnstorming in what is there AGEGDA.
Power & Control – and we let it PROGRESS – that bears witness to it growing – deeper infiltrating and penertrating into our lives – the declining quality of our lives – Hungary.
My Way – our Way – citizens being subjected to a Dictatorial agenda, and style of Government, that THINKS it is veiling it-self as a Democracy.
REMEMBER – the core componentry in the broadsheet of the Economic & Financial postion of Hungary – all componentry – continues in a STROND downward Worsening Pattern.
NOTHING – in Hungary is going to get CHEAPER, and that PAIN will be carried on us its Citizens.