Insatiable
Local legislative councils in some provinces have raised the salaries of their speakers and members. But what of the people they represent?
February 18, 2003
It must be great being an elected representative. They don't need to suffer through the crisis like the people they represent. Don't believe it? Look at their salaries. Members of the Jakarta local legislative council this year, have proposed a figure that if all were totaled up would be Rp90 million a month. This means that every day they would be paid just shy of Rp2.9 million. Don't fall off your chair just yet, that figure does not include
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