This remuneration, according to a press release from the opponent Martin Fayulu, is bleeding the coffers of the State: 21,000 dollars per month, and that since January. Congolese deputies are reportedly better paid than their counterparts in France and the United States. Two weeks before the start of parliament, civil society demands the publication of what elected officials and leaders earn.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa
These emoluments, according to Martin Fayulu are fifteen times higher than the salary of a university professor, thirty times more than a doctor and two hundred times more than a Congolese bailiff. According to the opponent, this is large-scale corruption.
Since this press release, the deputies have been advancing figures which contradict each other in the media: 4,000, 7,000 or 16,000 dollars a month. Some confirm Fayulu’s press release while others accuse him of ” populism “.
The finance law consulted by RFI provides for 11,000 dollars per deputy. But other sums paid outside the banking circuit are ” invisible and difficult to trace.
In addition to their basic salary, the deputies who were members of the camp in power received, for example, after the establishment of the current majority, a bonus of ” motivation “.
The finance law for the current financial year allocates 270 million USD to the National Assembly, one third of which is for remuneration. The Congolese NGO Acaj is concerned about this and calls for the situation to be clarified. Martin Fayulu for his part calls on the management team of the Assembly to throw in the towel.
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