Kampar councillors not paid for 3 months

Kampar councillors not paid for 3 months

PEKANBARU: Councillors in Riau regency of Kampar have not
received their paychecks for the last three months, as regent
Jefri Noer refused to release funds for their salaries.

His refusal came as the latest development in the long-
standing dispute between the councillors and Jefri, who was
impeached by the regental legislature several months ago for
incompetence.

Jefri insisted that due to his dismissal, he was unable to
release any funds from the regency's budget, even to pay for the
councillors' salaries.

The councillors had sent a letter signed by deputy chief
legislator Imron Joni to the Ministry of Home Affairs in regards
their concerns, as they had not received their salaries since
January.

Meanwhile, home affairs minister Hari Sabarno has disregarded
the regent's impeachment, saying that the president was the only
one with the authority to dismiss a government official. --
Antara