Legislators' salaries

Legislators' salaries

From Kompas

To avoid any criticism that members of the House of
Representatives receive salaries for doing nothing, allow me to
suggest that the system of remuneration be changed as follows:
1. The monthly take-home pay of a House member will be made up of
their monthly remuneration (fixed), the fee for attending a
meeting, the transportation fee for attending a meeting and a
health allowance (with a ceiling).
2. The monthly take-home pay of every House member is essentially
the same, with the exception of those holding structural
positions, such as a House speaker, a commission chairman, a
faction chairman and so forth, and therefore entitled to an
allowance for a structural position.
3. As a House member gets into the House as a member of a
political party taking part in a general election, he or she
should not be treated as an employee in a company and should not
therefore be entitled to a monthly salary and a pension.

Hopefully, this system of remuneration will always encourage
House members to shoulder their responsibility as people's
representatives and realize that the remuneration they receive as
a House member is really the people's money.

SOEGIYARTO PS

Depok, West Java