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        "msgid": "legislators-want-hefty-pay-hike-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-03-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Legislators want hefty pay hike",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Legislators want hefty pay hike PADANG, West Sumatra: Members of the West Sumatra legislative council demanded on Tuesday an increase in their monthly salary from Rp 750,000 to Rp 10 million. They compared their situation to the large increase in allowances that echelon civil servants will receive beginning next month. \"Second-echelon officials will get Rp 5 million in allowances a month,\" Armal Zon, a member of the council, said in the session.",
        "content": "<p>Legislators want hefty pay hike<\/p>\n<p>PADANG, West Sumatra: Members of the West Sumatra legislative<br>\ncouncil demanded on Tuesday an increase in their monthly salary<br>\nfrom Rp 750,000 to Rp 10 million.<\/p>\n<p>They compared their situation to the large increase in<br>\nallowances that echelon civil servants will receive beginning<br>\nnext month.<\/p>\n<p>\"Second-echelon officials will get Rp 5 million in allowances<br>\na month,\" Armal Zon, a member of the council, said in the<br>\nsession.<\/p>\n<p>Their demand was quickly criticized by the local Legal Aid<br>\nInstitute.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think the ideal figure is Rp 3 million per month. If<br>\nlegislators ask for more, they're being unreasonable,\" Miko Kamal<br>\nof the institute said. \"West Sumatra is not a rich province like<br>\nRiau,\" he added. (28\/edt)<\/p>",
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