Under the amendments proposed by the parliament presidium and the council of parliament factions, lawmakers' basic salaries will be slashed by 15 percent. In line with the new provisions, each standing parliament committee can set up no more than two sub-committees, and each MP can be a member of up to two sub-committees.
Presently, some MPs are working in as many as six sub-committees.
The 15 percent salary reduction means that the monthly gross salary of Latvian MPs will go down to 1,047 lats (1,489 euros) from the previous 1,232 lats. Calls to also cut compensations for representation, transport, rent and communications costs, however, were rejected.
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