Salary hike for councilors, judges and independent institutions approved

Parliament, on Wednesday, approved a salary hike for councilors, judges and heads and members of independent institutions.

A salary hike for president, vice president, ministers and parliament members was initially proposed when the salaries set by the parliament under Article 102 of the constitution were reviewed – sparking public outrage.

However, when the report by the Parliament’s Budget Committee on the matter was submitted to the floor on Wednesday – the salary hike for the president, vice president, ministers and parliament members was omitted. Presenting the report, Dhaandhoo MP Yaugoob Abdulla announced the decision to increase the salaries of judicial staff as well.

Yaugoob also announced the decision to increase the salaries of councilors as requested by the government on behalf of the Local Government Authority (LGA) and the salary of the president and the vice president of the Privatization and Corporatization Board (PCB) as requested by the president. In addition to this, the committee also decided to increase the salaries of the heads and members of independent institutions.

The salary hikes were approved by the votes of 49 MPs, with only one MP voting against it.

The salary hikes are as follows:

Judiciary

Chief Justice – MVR 91,000

Supreme Court justice – MVR 89,000

High Court Chief Judge – MVR 70,000

High Court judge – MVR 68,000

Chief judges of Criminal Court, Drug Court, Family Court, Civil Court and Juvenile Court – MVR 60,000

Chief Magistrates – MVR 43,000

Magistrates – MVR 41,000

Councils

Mayors in city councils – MVR 46,000

Deputy Mayors in city councils – MVR 40,500

Presidents of atoll councils – MVR 33,000

Presidents of island councils – MVR 25,500

Councilors in city councils – MVR 35,000

Councilors in island councils – MVR 18,000

Additional salary hikes

Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA)’s Governor – MVR 74,000

Auditor General – MVR 74,000

Prosecutor General – MVR 74,000

Commissioner General of Taxation – MVR 74,000

MMA’s Deputy Governor – MVR 55,000

Presidents of independent institutions – MVR 59,000

Deputy presidents of independent institutions – MVR 55,000

Members of independent institutions – MVR 48,000

PCB’s President – MVR 41,000

PCB’s Vice President – MVR 31,000

PCB members – MVR 12,000