“All these payrolls are inflated payrolls, which do not represent the reality of the country and if these payrolls are refined, a salary 10 times higher than the one currently available can be paid,” he said.
The director of the Center for Labor Research and Training assured that it is not planned to announce a salary adjustment for May 1, Labor Day, but rather it is estimated to announce it by the end of the first semester, after paying the first vacation bonuses in the sectors of education, universities and health, with the argument of maintaining control of inflation.
The economist stressed that if the State is organized and there is minimal fiscal discipline and minimal transparency. the minimum wage can go up to $120 or $140 “quickly.”
He explained that in the last budget of the Nation, there is talk of 5.5 million public employees, of which 4.5 million are military, indicating that this is completely absurd, pointing out that it is impossible that among the four forces there are 4, 5 million soldiers, noting that in China with a population of 1,200 million inhabitants, its military is made up of 2.1 million troops.
“All these payrolls are inflated payrolls that do not represent the reality of the country, if these payrolls are refined and structural changes are made, obviously salaries 10 or 20 times higher than those currently paid could be paid,” Sutherland said in Fedecamaras Radio.
He pointed out that it is not easy to dispose of the resources that are obtained through internal revenues, due to the fiscal disaster that exists in the country. He warned that it is not known how much the state payroll is and how much is the real payroll of employees who are in institutions, on service commissions, nor the payroll of how many are in the Amor Mayor program, in retirees and pensioners.
Regarding the acts of corruption in Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), he commented that “nobody knows what may have been lost there, affirming that if it can be cleaned up, if the payroll can be cleaned up, if corruption can be reduced to a minimum, if could pay a serious and solid minimum wage”
