Macroeconomic and fiscal policy guidelines for 2023-2026. year, which was adopted by the previous Government in July of this year as the main document setting budget spending limits, do not foresee the promised salary increase for educators.
This was announced yesterday by the Europe Now Movement (PES), after the Civic Movement URA submitted amendments to the bill on the budget for the next year, with the claim that they have left stable finances and that there is money to increase the salaries of educators.
"That the allegations are not true Abazovićeva URA that they predicted an increase in the salaries of educators confirm the decisions they made and the documents they signed in the 43rd Government. We remind them of the table from the Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy Guidelines for 2023-2026. a year where there is no promised increase... The 43rd Government adopted the guidelines in July of this year, and it is the main document that determines the budget spending limits, which, along with the signing of the agreement, is also the main prerequisite for increasing wages in accordance with the GKU for the field of education", it was announced from PES.
In the Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy Guidelines, it is stated that the spending limit for the Ministry of Education for the year 2024 is slightly more than 290 million euros, which means that the previous one, half a year after signing the Branch Collective Agreement with the Education Union, "forgot" to follow a new wage increase in that area. Similarly, the spending limit for 2025 is planned to be 292 million. This means that then the announced increase of 10 percent each at the beginning of 2024 and 2025 was not taken into account.
PES announced yesterday that the Government will systematically approach the issue of salary increases for all employees in Montenegro and that it will be implemented through the Europe Now 2 program.
The civil movement URA announced yesterday that during the day they will submit amendments to the Bill on the Budget for 2024, with which they will request that 18 million be provided to increase the salaries of educators by reducing the funds intended for the Prime Minister's Cabinet and from the current budget reserve.
Epistle Ana Novaković Đurović she assessed that the means to increase wages exist and that the 43rd Government managed finances in a domestic manner. Prophet Filip Adzic he said that the Prime Minister has an obligation under the Branch Collective Agreement to provide educators with increased wages by 10 percent.
Prophet Milos Konatar he said that the previous government left a financial position that enabled an additional 105 million euros to increase the minimum pension, recalling that the URA requested an additional 30 million in the previous days in order to increase the pension for all beneficiaries.
"If the financial situation is such that 105 million euros could be found, can anyone logically explain that there is no room for an increase of 18 million euros for educators," Konatar said.
Bonus video:
