The National Council decided its members will not accept the pay raise finalised by the National Assembly, at the moment.
“The National Council has decided to abide by our recommendations on the pay revision report and defer our pay revision until measures for expenditure rationalisation identified by the government are implemented and realised,” tweeted the Chairperson of the National Council, Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga.
Earlier, the National Council had expressed serious reservations over the proposed Pay Revision Report of the government. They said the revision came at a wrong time even as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund hinted that the country’s economy was bad.
