The senate has received a proposal to increase public sector wages, including city councils, police and the military, by 100%. The proposal excludes those high ranking government officials who recently benefited from President Fernández’s decree increasing their salaries. The proposal has been prepared by senators Frank Martínez and Miguel Andrés Berroa Reyes, and has been submitted to the Senate’s finance commission for study. The source of the funds required will come from a tax levied on retail stores, and the petroleum differential.