Senate bill raises salaries of president, lawmakers to curb corruption

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MANILA, Philippines — A senator wants to increase the wages of government employees including elected high-ranking officials to eliminate corruption and to attract competent civil servants.


Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has filed Senate Bill No. 1689 or the proposed Salary Standardization Law 4 which aims to make the government compensation system competitive with the private sector.


Under the proposed law, the government shall adopt an omnibus compensation and position classification system for civil servants and military and uniformed personnel.


Trillanes said with an improved compensation system, the government will be able to attract, retain and maintain competent employees.


The senator also hoped that this will prevent the exodus of professionals, scientists and highly skilled workers who seek better paying jobs abroad, similar to the condition of the Filipino public school teachers, doctors, and state meteorologists.


Trillanes further claimed that the bill also serves as an "anti-corruption" measure.

Due to the competitive compensation package, our public servants will no longer consider resorting to unscrupulous activities in order to augment their meager income, and, instead, focus their efforts and energy to public service, curbing corruption and cutting red tape," Trillanes said.


The bill seeks to raise the base pay of the lowest government rank, Job Grade 1, to P16,000 from the present rate of P9,000.


On the other hand, the base pay of the President, the highest government rank, will increase to P500,000 from the present rate of Php120,000.


For military and uniformed personnel, base pay ranges from P23,000 for a private to P282,800 for a four-star general.


The vice president, the Senate president and the speaker of the House will have a base pay of P432,800 under Job Grade 32.


Senators and members of the Lower House will have a base pay of P352,800 under Job Grade 31.

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yahaya..cla pay nangurakot, cla pay mgpa salary increase sa ilang kaugalingon..

[emailroy2002]

wow these lawmakers are syphoning all the money left

solve and retrieve all the money from 10 Billion peso money scam first, then well talk about salary.

[kit_cebu]

if it's LEGAL to shoot point blank an official who is corrupting right in front of us, then this is fine...
i'd be happy to be a liason officer with a .45 cal. magnum revolver...with a backpack full of ammo...

[ExtraHot]

Let them have a minimun wage salary and let see whose the true lawmaker

[NBI Agent]

Stupidiest bill ever from a stupid government

[brian joshua]

ok ra ipa saka basta ibalik ang malampaya, unya rollback ug 30php a gasolina.

[æRLO]

Yes, kanang pa taas ug salary is a good way to curb corruption and countries who can afford to increase their public servants' salaries should.

However, If these guys are worried about their income in the first place, they shouldn't have run for these low paying public servant positions. Nahimu na nuon nga incentive ang kwarta para mu dagan.


sakto nang ipa-saka ang salary sa lowest government rank, labi na pulis ug militar. Kana supporta ko ana. As for the congress and the presidents getting an increase, that's being silly.

[Scott Bernard]

Naay point si Trillanes.

Pero I think 500k salary is still too small for a President. I think 1M would be sufficient.

Basta lang wala nay kurakot2x... unya mas stricter na ang policies against it.

[Dorothea]

I agree with you, æRLO, ipasaka sueldo sa lower ranks, coz their pay is barely above minimum wage. The money they get barely covers their basic needs. For senators and other higher ranking officials, dako naman na sila sueldo ba. They make more than enough to live comfortably, dili na sila mapasmo anang ilang sueldo.

[ghostie2472]

if it's LEGAL to shoot point blank an official who is corrupting right in front of us, then this is fine...
i'd be happy to be a liason officer with a .45 cal. magnum revolver...with a backpack full of ammo...

Damn, you're too brutal, bro.. Just use a 9mm cal. pistol and shoot those corrupt politicians on the chest and leave them to bleed and die. Don't forget to bring bottled water with you, put it in your backpack.