The proposed pay cuts which UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar plans to impose should the People's Partnership be victorious at the polls would not affect public servants.
Persad-Bissessar made the announcement yesterday during the launch yesterday of the People's Partnership's Errol Mc Lead's (candidate for Pointe-a-Pierre) Sports and Cultural Foundation at the recreation grounds at Battoo Avenue, Marabella. As part of the People's Partnership's manifesto, Persad-Bissessar pledged to give TT$100 million to the establishment of a Life Fund which would be set up to assist children who are in need of medical treatment for serious ailments.
On Tuesday, during a political meeting at St Joseph, she further announced her plans to cut the pay of every Cabinet Minister by five per cent and her own by ten per cent which would go into the fund. Speaking to the crowd on hand for yesterday's launch, Persad-Bissessar reassured the public they should not be afraid of her intentions. She said: "I want to make it very clear that those pay cuts will not impact on public servants. It is not our intention to cut the pay of public servants.
"Be not afraid. We will cut the pay of the ministers and of the Prime Minister to give to the children," she said.