Private sector in crisis, administration not affected wages

Some of the LSDM and DUI ministers won the battle against former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Finance Minister Nina Angelovska, who were for the reduction of the managers' salaries. For DUI representatives in Government, lowering salaries in administration is a topic imposed by the media, but not by the government.

This subject is not even open. Whether there will be cuts or not, it has not been considered as option” said Kreshnik Bekteshi, economy minister.

There needs to be political consensus, and we don't have it right now. It means, in this review proposal for the time being, no salary cuts for public administration”-thexiated Nina Angelovska, the finance minister.

The budget revision will be approved by Friday after the state of emergency expires on Sunday. The minister did not want to mention exact figures. He added that cutting tools would not be available, but that there would only be re-systems from different standards.

There are designated relocations of around 30m euros, which institutions themselves have delivered. But now we are harmonising, if we take into account the cost of the masses, it will show how much the expense will be. There would be, I would say, a slight increase in the expense side, but I wouldn't say a concrete number”- said Nina Angelovska Finance Minister.

The managers' salaries will not be affected at a time when more than two-thirds of those employed in state and public institutions do not go to work. At the same time, the majority of private sector companies are already giving reduced salaries to their workers, while thousands of workers have lost their jobs due to the crisis.