General public seeking salary hike amid growing inflation
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The general public wants the National Assembly (NA) to push the government to increase salaries for officials to keep pace with the rising cost of living, according to a senior NA official.
Speaking at the end of the NA conference on Friday, NA Secretariat Head, Mrs Suansavanh Viyaket said the parliament opened a hotline to welcome public recommendations on what the NA should pay attention to.
Throughout the 8th Session of the 8th legislature of the NA from November 7 to December 6, the NA received 731 telephone calls on 113 issues from the general public nationwide, she said.
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
