Finance Ministry refutes reports of 40 percent police and armed forces salary increase
08 Dec 2011, 4:42 PM
Finance Minister Ahmed Inaz has disputed claims by People’s Alliance (PA) MP Abdulla Yameen that police and armed forces MPs will receive a 40 percent salary increase in 2012.
Instead the 2012 budget for police and armed forces will increase 9.51 percent “to cover the salary increment for officers who receive promotion and salaries of those who are to be employed next year,” Inaz told newspaper Haveeru.
The 2012 budget includes the provision for 50 additional police officers, while the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) will only recruit to vacant posts, Inaz stated.
Yameen allegedly learned of the proposal from the budget review committee rather than the budget itself, Haveeru reported earlier this week.
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