Kamu-Sen Chairman Kahveci: Inflation difference should be paid monthly – Last Minute Economy News

Turkey Kamu-Sen Chairman Önder Kahveci stated that the percent increase in civil servant salaries for the first 6 months of the year succumbed to inflation in 3 months.

In his written statement regarding the March inflation figures announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), Kahveci reminded that consumer prices increased by an average of 3.16 percent last month, and inflation in the first 3 months of the year reached 15.05 percent.

SALARIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND PUBLIC RETIRED SERVANTS DROPPED

Reminding that there was a 15 percent increase in civil servant salaries for the first 6 months of this year, Kahveci stated that the announced inflation figures reveal that the salaries of civil servants and retired civil servants have eroded.

Kahveci stated that the authorities should move away from the election agenda and put the economy at the top of the agenda as of today, and used the following statements:

“The fact that the raises given for 6 months succumbed to inflation within 3 months shows that the difficulties experienced by our civil servants and retirees will increase exponentially in the 3 months until the next salary increase process. In an environment where annual inflation exceeds 68 percent and is expected to rise to 80 percent in the coming period, a 15 percent salary increase “The raise will mean economic destruction for public employees.”

“INFLATION DIFFERENCE SHOULD BE PAID MONTHLY”

Kahveci pointed out that retired civil servants suffered greatly because the additional additional payment, which came into force last year and reached 12 thousand 54 liras, was not counted towards retirement, and said:

“If the rate of rising inflation is tried to be cut by reducing the purchasing power of employees, greater social problems will arise. The fight against inflation should be achieved by switching to production that creates added value without reducing the purchasing power of our people. For this reason, our civil servants and retirees should be protected from inflation, which will increase even more in the coming period, and their purchasing power should be increased. “In order to ensure this, additional payments must be reflected in the pensions, a welfare share must be given to the employees, and the inflation difference must be paid to the salaries on a monthly basis. From now on, the top priority should be for our authorities to heal the economic wounds caused by civil servants and retirees.”