| Minister Says Soldier Salary Will Be Resolved |
| Mon, April 22, 2024 |
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And while the dorm provides a place to rest - what's keeping soldiers up at night right now is the prospect of an impending pay cut.
Two weeks ago we told you that BDF soldiers would be taking a pay cut sometime in May after an error was found in the system that led to them being overpaid for the past 5 years.
We asked the Minister about it two weeks ago - and he didn't have a definitive answer.
And today, he was again deliberately vague:
Florencio Marin, Minister of National Defense
"The BDF high command is sensitizing the soldiers as to the issue and we believe that everyone knows that there was a discrepancy in the salary and there are those who are not getting anything and they are soldiering on professionally as soldiers do and we should thank our BDF for that. In the cabinet we have approved some measures that will be able to address all of these but at the same time to be fair to everyone involved."
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