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