Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is accusing the government is conspiring to bribe civil servants.
The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is accusing the government is conspiring to bribe civil servants. In a press statement released last night, PLP officials said information has come into them that the government intends to seek favour with public servants in the form of a lump sum payment of $2,500 each and the addition of $75 to their base salary in short order. "The prime minister must come clean," the PLP said. "While we support all legitimate payment increases to public servants, we have to point out to them the cynical nature of what is proposed. It harks back to the year 1997 when on the night before the police force voted; the prime minister reminded them of a $1,500 lump sum payment due to them on the day of the "advance poll" telling the police that when they vote they must ‘remember the money.’ Fortunately, the times have changed and no one will be fooled by the prime minister and this government this time." The party advised the civil servants to take the money but "remember it was the Ingraham administration that mistreated civil servants this term." "In our view, this is a sinister plot devised by the Ingraham administration, which includes failing to honour certain financial terms of the Industrial Agreement with the Public Service Union in addition to withholding salary increments and promotions until it becomes politically convenient to do so," the PLP said. "The Ingraham administration is using this as an election ploy to lure the political support of the public service. The staff at the National Insurance Board (NIB) has already been paid the $2,000 back pay. "The PLP calls on the government to come clean and state whether or not the civil servants will be paid in June 2011. The government is also called on to explain why the financial terms of the union contract were not honoured as scheduled," the Opposition said.
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