The plenary session of the Chamber of Senators begins this Monday the vote on the Accountability, which has half sanction of Deputies. One of the significant points is the increase in salary for the soldiers. The Minister of National Defense, Javier Garcia He highlighted the achievements for his portfolio and said that the increase will be around 8% for the lowest grade of the ladder.
It will take effect from January 1 of next year and will decrease until the rank of captain. “It is something that we had compromised, it is something fair and it is something essential,” he pointed out.
Asked about the resources granted to the Military Hospital, he indicated that high-dedication positions, medical and technical functions that concentrate their activity there will be created. García assured that it is a complicated situation since salaries are not competitive with the rest of the State or with the public and private sectors.
“We are going to use credits from colonel vacancies that are not going to be filled to be used in health and sanitation of the Armed Forces,” he explained.
