{"id":41763,"date":"2023-08-12T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-mps-snub-budgets-third-reading-with-walkout"},"modified":"2023-08-12T15:38:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T15:38:58","slug":"splm-io-mps-snub-budgets-third-reading-with-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/splm-io-mps-snub-budgets-third-reading-with-walkout","title":{"rendered":"SPLM-IO MPs snub budget\u2019s third reading with walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Lawmakers representing the opposition SPLM-IO walked out of Parliament on Friday as the house started the third reading of this year’s budget.<\/p>\n

The move came after a disagreement over the amount of adjustments on salaries and wages of civil servants and organized forces.<\/p>\n

Oyet Nathaniel, First Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of the SPLM-IO told Radio Tamazuj that they walked out because “they want a 600 percent increment for salaries of civil servants and organized forces.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe walkout over the increment of civil servants, military and members of organized forces where SPLM members want to retain the increment to 400 percent contrary to what Parliament adopted in the second reading stage,\u201d Oyet said.<\/p>\n

The SPLM-IO official further said 600 percent increment means that grade 17 workers in public service will now earn SSP 53,000 while 400 percent increment is SSP 11,200.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe resolved in the second reading stage that the increment shall be at least by 600 percent so that a grade 17 worker in public service can get 53,000 SSP as opposed to 11,200 under the 400 percent increment where grade 1 special would get 231,000 SSP as opposed to 76,000 SSP as being proposed by the Ministry of Finance,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

According to the First Deputy Speaker, the SPLM-IO lawmakers walked out because they did not want to be part of the decision to pass the budget with 400 percent pay rise for civil servants and the military.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have walked out, let them do what they want but we are ready to resume parliament in the next meeting. We do not want to be part of the decision to pass the budget with only 400 percent, \u201che stressed.<\/p>\n

For his part, Mahjoub Biel Turuk, Chief Whip of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) refuted the claims that members of SSOA boycotted the budget reading.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who walked out of the parliament are not members of SSOA, those who walked out are only members of the SPLM-IO. We were consulted before the minister of finance appeals is presented,\u201d Mahjoub said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the newly appointed minister of finance, Dr. Bak Barnaba, appealed to Parliament not to pass a 600 percent salary increment, saying it would not be realistic based on the available resources.<\/p>\n

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