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
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.