President Faure meets with Hon Wavel Ramkalawan
The two met to discuss their differences over the salary increment for the public sector workers that is due for payment at the end of April 2019. It is now certain that the increment will not be included in the pay package for end of (April) this month. The Executive and the Legislative are still at loggahead about how the 62 million rupees should be divided between the work force. The law that is in force make alowances for a 5% increment accross the board. However, the Leader of the Opposition used his majority in the National Assembly to block an amendments to the Public Service Salary Act that would have made the 5% increment a reality. The Honorable Ramkalawan is proposing that the 62 million rupees be divided in equal amounts between all the public sector workers, irrelevant of position or responsibility. The LDS majority has also quashed an SI that would have made it possible for the Executive to proceed with the said increment of 5%. The President threatened legal action but