translated from Spanish: Venezuelan Parliament: public employees paid less than $6 per month

The National Assembly of Venezuela Parliament (AN), which controls the opposition, said Wednesday that about 1.5 million public employees earn less than 6 dollars per month, a fact that is known after the announcement of strikes that Eve made several trade unions.
“The minimum wage is $ 5.45 per month, the lowest in the universe, carried euros we are talking about 4.86 per month.” This is a universal shame, an outrageous salary which reflects the ruin of the Venezuelan people,”the legislator José Guerra said during a debate.
According to the opposition, another 2.5 million pensioners receive the same amount every month, which translates to 18,000 bolivars, the local sign in Venezuela.
“The Venezuelan people has no how to eat for an insufficient salary (…), this town is now wrecked by hyperinflation,” he said.
The Parliament said last month that inflation in January this year was 191,6%, a figure that equals 3.5% every day.
In this sense, also Deputy opponent, Elías Matta, said in the debate that “there is no wage in Venezuela that” while not to control the inflationary spiral.
According to Matta, the main cause of the crisis is the steep fall of the oil industry, where the country gets 96 percent of its revenue.
He also indicated that only last year Venezuela failed to collect more than 32,000 million dollars for the decline in its oil industry, and that GDP has fallen continuously over the past 6 years, for a cumulative contraction of 56% from 2013.
The Parliament debate closed without an agreement or declaration joint, but is a boost to the announcement of staggered strike that made Tuesday more than 600 trade unions then meet with the head of the Chamber, Juan Guaidó.
“Venezuela traverses a high peak of political tension since last January, when the ruling Nicolas Maduro was sworn in a new 6-year term whose legitimacy is not recognized opposition and part of the international community, and guided President proclaimed acting before the” usurpation”believing makes the leader Chavez.
Mature, in power from 2013, was imposed in May last year in a controversial election that did not antichavismo, not trusting in the Venezuelan electoral referee.

Original source in Spanish