MPs award themselves salary rises
19:18
The Sejm (the lower chamber of Polish parliament) adopted an amendment to the regulations increasing the salaries of local government officials, parliamentarians and ministers as well as other persons occupying "managerial positions in the state". Most of the MPs were in favor of the increases. After the regulations come into force, the salaries of these groups will be linked to the salaries of Supreme Court judges.
386 deputies supported the adoption of the amendment increasing the salaries of parliamentarians. 33 MPs objected and 15 abstained. Only three political groups with representatives in the Parliament voted against in full: Konfederacja, Greens and Partia Razem. The latter two, however, are part of the parliamentary club of the Left, most of whose members supported the increases.
This is how the salaries of individual politicians will look like after the new regulations enter into force:
MPs: PLN 12,600 gross
PM: PLN 21,984 gross
ministers: PLN 17,987 gross
deputy ministers: PLN 16,988 gross
president: PLN 25,981 gross
president’s wife: PLN 18,000 gross
Speakers of the Sejm and Senate: gross PLN 21,984.
For comparison, the average monthly wage in the national economy – excluding micro-enterprises (companies with up to 9 employees) – amounted to PLN 5,024.48 gross in the second quarter of 2020.
