This is why we should all aspire to be senators. (We’re joking.)
“In a Senate committee hearing on the freedom of informationon (FOI) bill on Tuesday, Jan 28, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago told the committee headed by Sen. Grace Poe that the bill should require the publication via a website of the basic salary, allowances, and other incomes of all government officials,” reports Norman Bordadora in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Santiago then fired off this killer revelation: “The basic monthly salary of a senator is PHP90,000. But if you add all other legitimate sources of income such as allowances and honoraria, the total monthly income of a senator could be placed at some PHP1.4 million.”
Santiago then asked, “There are some senators who did not finish high school or college. Do we really want to pay them this high a salary? That is a valid concern that voters might want to address, if they have access to information.”
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