GEORGIAN OPPOSITION PARTY PROTESTS PRESIDENT\'S PROPOSED PAY RISE TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
By empty (2/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The opposition Labor Party has lodged an appeal with the Constitutional Court against what it terms the \"colossal\" salary increases proposed for the president and members of the government. Party Secretary Giorgi Gunava argued that it is immoral that the monthly salary of the president and prime minister should be raised from the lari equivalent of $1,500 to $2,185 while the minimum monthly wage remains 40 laris ($22) and the average pension is 28 laris. He called for raising the minimum monthly wage to 150 laris.Visit also
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