Somalia: Fake currency gives Puntland Parliament 'pay boost'
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- Posted On 20-10-2015, 11:13AM
GAROWE, Somalia, October 20, 2015 (Garowe Online Exclusive)-Lawmakers in Somalia's Puntland Parliament are getting pay increase amid growing frustration by civil servants and security forces, Garowe Online has learned.
Puntland President, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has allayed any possible parliamentary debate after holding private meetings with Parliament Speaker Saed Hassan Shire and his deputies in Galkayo ahead of forthcoming session.
Speaker Shire and President Ali initially failed to agree on the pay rise, however lengthy negotiations that saw the second deputy speaker of Parliament Hussein Yasin Haji Dirie involved eased the deadlock.
Puntland Members of Parliament have increased their salary to USD 1400- fourteen times more than -the pays of Puntland Defence Forces (PDFs), who have staged a series of mutinies.
Parliament speaker wanted that their salaries be raised to USD 1400 from the current $1000 against the backdrop of near monthly strikes.
