Petition calls for politicians not to get their wages until they form a government
Monday, September 12, 2016 @ 12:22 AM
A PETITION has been set upon Change.org calling for MPs and party leaders not to get paid until they form a government.
Txerra Pardinas, who started the page, has also set up the Twitter hashtag #singobiernosinnómina ('no government, no salary') and has linked posts from the social network onto the petition.
“You're not going to get a pension,” he says, referring to the 22% unemployed who, as they are not working, are not contributing to their State retirement pot, “but they [MPs and party leaders] are still earning their €150 a day.”
“Every single politician has taken home €150 today for not turning up to work,” Txerra says in another post.
“It seems there's only one thing they all agree on – that of carrying on earning €4,000 a month to do nothing.
“Last month alone, your elected MPs spent €600,000 on official travel, and each one of them has taken home €36,000 so far this year for not doing any work.
“Can you imagine earning €4,000 a month for sitting on your backside?”
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