Dear Mr. EditorI refer to article in the letter column of your daily dated 13th instant written by retd Lieutenant Colonel George Gomes and wish to join him in expressing support for pay increase for Ministers of the Government and Parliamentarians.
In that article a comparison was made with salaries received by CEO of GPL and GUYSUCO, respectively, with that received by our Ministers. Mr. Editor, let us put this comparison in a Boss and Boy perspective where the Boy receives a pay rate $60M yearly and the Boss $11M. Can this be fair wage application Mr. Editor? This is the reason why Mr. Granger and his administration is so eager to fix this grave anomaly with a view to get the best from our Government functionaries.
Mr Editor, no one will dispute the fact that politics is the order of the day and on which most of the sentiments bandied are based, but politics is not the only driving force within the total social system in arriving at the rudiments of a Minister’s function; the other operatives, such as the economic and social aspect, need to be brought into the equation, they are all inextricably interwoven.

For example our AG will be comfortable politically in his office servicing the people because he was elected to serve. But will he be comfortable economically and socially with a meager remuneration package, taking his previous engagements in consideration? I doubt it. The CEOS’ and the Government functionaries they all shop at the same supermarket.
In the Regions, considered the second tier of the Government, the situation is even more atrocious and demeaning, no wages, no duty free concession other than a meagre stipend of $10,000 monthly given, the fact that officers are required to inspect and approve for payment projects valued millions of dollars, these are some of the egregious nature of situations that gave rise to the assertion by our PA and to a position of mendicancy within the regional and other systems. However, there is great hope for a correction given the present wages consideration by our administration.
Sam T. Fraser