The Chamber of Deputies rejected the changes wanted by the Executive Board in the new Government Salaries Law and automatically enacted it yesterday, Wednesday 24 July.
The changes were rejected by 119 votes to four, after Chamber president Abel Martinez highlighted the importance of the legislation aimed at correcting the distortions in public administration wages.
The bill limits the use of credit cards to the President and Vice President of the Republic, the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and Congress, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the heads of the various Constitutional bodies.
It establishes the maximum salary for the President of the Republic at RD$450,000, for members of the Senate, the Deputies Chamber, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court at RD$400,000, the Higher Electoral Court judges are capped at RD$375,000, the Audit Chamber at RD$350,000, Ministers, the Attorney General, the Legal Advisor to the Executive Board and the General Controller will receive RD$300,000 and the Public Defender RD$250,000.
The law also has limits on expenses, and carries sanctions for violations of the law.
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