Government won't back down? Minenergía requested a new decree for a minimum wage increase of over 23% and called for demonstrations to defend it

The Council of State provisionally suspended the 23% increase in the minimum wage. Photo: Istock

Government won't back down? Minenergía requested a new decree for a minimum wage increase of over 23% and called for demonstrations to defend it

TL;DR

  • Minister Edwin Palma requests a presidential decree for a minimum wage increase exceeding 23%.
  • The Council of State provisionally suspended a previous government decree on the minimum wage.
  • Palma argues that productivity and historical wage stagnation justify the substantial increase.
  • He calls for public demonstrations to defend the proposed salary hike.
  • The minister believes the suspension negatively impacts over 2.5 million minimum wage earners.
  • Palma criticizes institutional blockages to government reforms.

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