Salary hike for CB officials unfair: Party leaders
Sri Lanka, March 5 -- By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana
Parliament, March 5 ()- The salary hike for Central Bank officials cost an extra sum of Rs 232 million monthly, it was revealed at the party leaders meeting today.
The party leaders have informed the Central Bank officials that it is unfair for them to increase their salaries at a time when ordinary citizens are undergoing various hardships.
"Party leaders have also been of the opinion that Central Bank officials should have foregone a salary hike even if there was legal provisions for them to obtain it when people of this nation are undergoing difficulties," an official statement from Parliament media unit said.
It was revealed that the salary hike was illegal. The party lea...
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