In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), two weeks before the start of the parliamentary term, the controversy remains lively over the amount of the salary of national deputies. At the origin of this controversy, the opponent Martin Fayulu, ensures that a national deputy earns more than 21,000 dollars per month in one of the poorest countries on the planet.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa.
Members contradict each other. The government did not react. The office of the National Assembly also refutes the assertions of Martin Fayulu without, for the moment, revealing the real incomes of elected officials.
In the local media, Samuel Bemba, chief of staff to the president of the National Assembly refused to reveal the salary of the deputies, considering that the salary is ” something sacred. »
To support his refusal, he mentioned parliamentary ethics, saying in passing that the figures put forward by Martin Fayulu are false.
Continuing his argument, Samuel Bemba reminded elected officials that making statements without proof was reprehensible. A precision ” addressed to national deputies who strive to pretend to support the false statements and to those who use convoluted formulas to justify the amount revealed by Martin Fayulu. »
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Stayed away from this controversy, Augustin Kabuya, interim leader of the presidential party accuses Martin Fayulu of having created what he considers to be ” a story to piss off teachers so they don’t go back to school “, next Monday.
The Congolese NGO “Voice of the Voiceless” for its part urged the government to make public the salaries and emoluments of rulers and public officials.