Councilors want salary hike

Councilors want salary hike

JAKARTA (JP): City councilors are proposing a hike in their
salaries in the city budget (APBD) for the 2000 fiscal year from
April 1 to Dec. 31.

Chairman of council's Commission C on the city budget,
Amarullah Asbah, said the councilors would also revise the 1997
Bylaw No. 1, which regulates remuneration of city councilors, in
line with the proposal.

"The 1997 bylaw is already obsolete because the current
conditions have changed drastically. The hike is also important
to improve the quality of councilors in anticipation of regional
autonomy," Amarullah said.

He gave no details on their proposal.

Each councilor receives a monthly salary of about Rp 6 million
(US$900), compared to Rp 4 million under the previous budget.

Other benefits and dispensations bring the value to about Rp
10 million. (05)