Tolosa Paz denounced that Milei increased his salary and that of his circle by 48%

In a message through her social networks, the national deputy of Union for the Homeland (UxP), Victoria Tolosa Paz, denounced President Javier Milei for increasing her salary by 48% along with that of Ministers, Secretaries and Undersecretaries of State between the months of January and February. Under the banner of austerity, Milei is lying to us. The President lies to all Argentines,” began the tweet he shared on his official account. Along these lines, Tolosa Paz said that the President “signed a decree on February 29 where an increase was applied to all the hierarchical positions of the national executive power, but then he makes a public staging that the unfair increase is that of the deputies and senators.” “Do you know how much the salary of the President, the Ministers, the Secretaries and the Undersecretaries of State increased?” he asked, to which he then pointed out: “It increased by 48% between January and February.” To exemplify, Tolosa Paz shared a calculation: “A Secretary of State in JANUARY was paid 3,282,709.47. pesos and in FEBRUARY he obtained a salary of 4,864,945.09 pesos. The increase was 48% in real terms,” he said. Next, the national deputy mentioned the different increases that led to an increase of 48% between the aforementioned months. According to the table published by the deputy, Milei’s increase goes from $4,068,738 in January to a salary of $6,025,801 in February and that of the vice president, Victoria Villarruel, increases from $3,767,339 to a salary of $5,579,429 in the last month.

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