Miriam wants P500k wage per senator ?

[edoy]

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Sen Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Wednesday, September 4, proposed a uniform P500,000 salary per senator to avoid discretionary funds similar to the pork barrel, which is now the subject of protests due to alleged misuse.

Subject to deductions, Santiago told reporters, this salary will amount to around P200,000. “I would say P200,000 would be sufficient for a senator,” she said in a press conference.

She explained that senators have several sources of income – discretionary funds spent “according to how many staff you have,” among other things. “Para wala nang gulo, isang suweldo na lang,” Santiago said. (To avoid confusion, let's impose a uniform salary.)

Santiago said senators get P90,000 based on the law, but their take-home pay is only P60,000.

“Huwag naman P90,000, dahil ako, ayoko ng gano'n. I'm not going to work that hard, work myself to death, which I've done. I've worked myself sick. Huwag naman P90,000 – and I will go home only with P60,000. It's not worth my time. Magpatuka na lang ako sa ahas,” she said. (Not P90,000, please... I'd rather have a snake bite me.)

Like the senators' wages, the pork barrel is discretionary. Critics have moved to abolish it.

In her press conference, Santiago also proposed that salary increases of senators, as well as other officials like the President himself, should be tied to the wage hikes of minimum wage earners. "Every time we raise our salaries, those in the lowest ranks get raised, too," Santiago proposed.

Santiago also said the Philippines should change its Constitution "so that only taxpayers will be allowed to vote."

She said this will prevent patronage politics, which thrives when politicians bribe the poorest Filipinos, many of whom do not pay taxes. "The taxpayers are being ruled by the choices of the non-taxpayers," she explained.

(Source: Rappler.com/by Paterno Esmaquel II)


ang pangutana kug pila kabuok senador ang mo uyon ug mo supak ani nga sugyot ni madam miriam

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

los2x,..dagko kaayu ni sila ug allowances, tanawa pa ninyo....

kaylangan d-ay ug dagkong sweldo para maningkamot mo sa inyong PUBLIC SERVICE?

gi-otoy na la'y kuwang,..mag pa increase pa ug sweldo, pucha

[kit_cebu]

i'd say this would make a better sense IF............only IF PORK is abolished...and funds go directly to government agencies concerened AND IF there's transparency on the accounting posted on their offices...

***wishful thinking...duncan sheik
***to reach the UNreachable stars...joe darion

[Kristiano]

and imagine, that is monthly salary... hayaya nila sa?

[amingb]

Reasonable pud ni kang Miriam .. diko mo trabaho ingon ana kalisod unya sueldohan lang ko ug 90K ... senador gud ... bisan pa 1M per month okay rajud na para sa Senador ....

Ang importante nga walay Pork Barrel aron walay maabosohan ....

[Crinkles11]

Reasonable pud ni kang Miriam .. diko mo trabaho ingon ana kalisod unya sueldohan lang ko ug 90K ... senador gud ... bisan pa 1M per month okay rajud na para sa Senador ....

Ang importante nga walay Pork Barrel aron walay maabosohan ....

Ku si PNoy pa nag propose ani, resonable gihapon bro?

[john_yo]

para nko ok ra ka miriam. 200k salary is ok.

pero kani samot ko og saludo if ma implement ni.
Santiago also said the Philippines should change its Constitution "so that only taxpayers will be allowed to vote."

[Eve's Apple Project]

ok ra ni..maayo nalng ni kaysa anang MINILYON nga pork.. atot ning mga way pulos nga senador og congressman! dugaya sad mamatay ani nila oi

[pepponeskie]

abolish pork barrel nya himua 500K ang sweldo...lastly, bring back death penalty nya silutan ang ma prove nga kurakot.

Same concept sa Singapore, ang ilang pulis ug politiko dagku jud ug sweldo para wala nay kurakot.

[amingb]

Ku si PNoy pa nag propose ani, resonable gihapon bro?

Okay jud ko bro bisan kinsa nga Presidentiha .. ug dakoan ramo sa 1M ato pagamyan 800K ... senador gud .. dili na basta2x ba.

Ang Pork Barrel man jud pakamatyan ana nila diha ... lukso partido gud dayon ....