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Cabinet rejects PSA petition on salaries [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:29

In a decision on Friday, Tonga's Cabinet turned down a Petition by the Public Service Association to defer the implementation of a new civil service salary structure from 1 July 2016 to 1 January 2017.

The Petition was presented by Mele ‘Amanaki, PSA Secretary General, to Prime Minister Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohva on 29 June 2016.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance and National Planning told Matangi Tonga that a move to increase the salary of the Prime Minister to $100,000 per annum was also deferred.

Tonga’s 2016-2017 National Budget, with the new salary structure for Civil Servants was implemented on 1 July 2016.

Related article: 30 June 2016 PSA calls on PM to defer new salary structure [2]

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Source URL:https://matangitonga.to/2016/07/11/cabinet-rejects-psa-petition-salaries

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[1] https://matangitonga.to/2016/07/11/cabinet-rejects-psa-petition-salaries [2] https://matangitonga.to/2016/06/30/psa-calls-pm-defer-new-salary-structure [3] https://matangitonga.to/tag/tonga?page=1 [4] https://matangitonga.to/tag/public-service-association?page=1 [5] https://matangitonga.to/tag/public-service-commission?page=1 [6] https://matangitonga.to/tag/rumeneration-authority?page=1 [7] https://matangitonga.to/topic/government?page=1