Thwaites raises concern over INDECOM salary package

Member of Parliament Ronald Thwaites on Tuesday described the structure of salaries and emoluments of the Independent Commission of Investigations as a move to circumvent the tax system.

He said while he did not begrudge the commissioners for their pay packages, the complex breakdown was indicative of an effort to prevent them from paying taxes.

In a response to the resolution that was made by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Thwaites argued that a simple salary package would have sufficed.

The commissioners rake in a salary of $5.7 million; housing allowance of $2 million, plus an entertainment allowance of $85,000; library allowance, $204,000; leave passage allowance, $400,000; security allowance, $21,000; and motor-vehicle allowance, $796,000.