MDP parliamentarians defended the Public Accounts Committee's approved salary increases for top officials, including themselves, after public backlash. The President's Office and The Democrats distanced themselves from or opposed the decision, and the change still awaits a Parliamentary vote for enforcement.
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He detailed that a special code for pay harmonisation, involving an allocation of MVR 500 million, did not encompass those officials whose pay is set solely by Parliament.
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He revealed that MVR 90 million from this budget was proposed to raise salaries of such officials.
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Rasheed added that the committee consulted with the Judges' Association and councils, noting that judges, prohibited from other employment, sought their first pay rise in 13 years.
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