Dianie in the coalition / Veto, “Minister of Alcohol”, cameras. The conflict over higher teacher salaries continues – attitude.sk

Veto, “Minister of Alcohol,” cameras. Conflict over higher teachers’ salaries continues Igor Matovic wants to re-introduce higher salaries for teachers associated with higher taxes until he “breaks” SaS. She continues to refuse to go to coalition councils. It was held without her for the first time on Tuesday. “Today, after two weeks, I had a feeling of constructive and peaceful discussion,” the head of the education department, Branislav Gröhling, praised today’s government meeting. A factual and constructive discussion was praised by several ministers today. Nevertheless, the key point has not been resolved and a ten percent increase in teachers’ salaries is still in sight. “It is not a closed topic, an agreement will certainly be reached,” the Minister of Education promised. Igor Matovič therefore failed today with his proposal to increase salaries, which would be associated with higher taxes on alcohol, gambling and for rich companies. The government did not vote for him because he was vetoed by SaS ministers, including Minister Gröhling. Minister of Alcohol The dispute over resources for higher salaries in education has been going on for several weeks and is likely to continue. The finance minister announced that he would submit the proposal to the government repeatedly until it “breaks the conscience of the SaS.” Liberals disagree with the new taxes, considering them dubious and arguing that higher teachers’ salaries should be funded by extra tax overcrowding. This should be 327 million euros by the end of the year. However, Igor Matovič appeared in the press this afternoon, where he announced that budget surpluses would be more than 1.6 billion euros by the end of the year. “And that is not an item in the spending to increase teachers’ salaries,” Matovich said, adding that the state must pay, for example, higher child allowances, investments in health care or assistance to Ukraine. In the press, he returned to Gröhling, with whom he has been in sharp conflict for a long time. “Something has happened today that the civilized world has not yet experienced. The Minister of Education vetoed the government on raising salaries in education, “he said, calling the head of the education department” a minister of alcohol, gambling and extremely rich companies. ” He added that Gröhling was misleading teachers when he spoke of a “magic money box” in which we have 327 million free. “We already have a lot more used,” said OĽANO leader. Branislav Gröhling said in an interview with Postoj on Tuesday that he was ready for attacks from him. “I will bear it and explain it … I am very sorry that Matovic is once again taking hostages, teachers and the whole education system to cover up the disruption of public finances.” , in his opinion, however, it is against the government’s program statement. He added that it is a legitimate tool in raising salaries in education and health care. Branislav Gröhling Matovič is lying. And rule with him for another two years? I already have a bad feeling about it Martin Hanus Adam Takáč “In connection with teachers’ salaries, I did my job 110 percent. Now they have to increase, “says the Minister of Education. They did not see the exact proposal. The school unions, who announced a protest rally in Bratislava on June 15, are also asking for an increase in salaries in education by at least ten percent. Although both Matovič and Gröhling announced a few weeks ago that they would take part in it, their latest statements show the opposite. Matovic claims that the trade unionists told him that they did not want politicians at the demonstration. “No, we won’t meet there (with Matovic, note),” Gröhling said. “I expressed my support for the teachers in their demands, but I will not be drawn into the Igor Matovič Theater. I think that both teachers and principals feel that we are doing our best to make money. Everyone understands that if we don’t have them here in education, because we need them from the Ministry of Finance, then we can’t do that. ”It seems that salaries in education will increase by only three percent from July, as follows from the collective agreement. A potential ten percent increase would not come into practice until January 2023. After the government’s deliberations, the Minister of Education also admitted this. He says he wants to meet with the Prime Minister and perhaps the Minister of Finance on the topic of salaries. Gröhling and the Minister of Justice, Mária Kolíková, stated after the government meeting that they did not even see the exact wording of the proposal that Matovič wanted to submit to the government. The Minister of Finance later said in the press that they were lying, because the proposal for higher taxes on alcohol, gambling or for rich companies was already being addressed in negotiations on a family aid package, and at the end of March it was received by State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy Ján Oravec from SaS. Labor Minister Milan Krajniak from We Are Family said he saw the proposal a few weeks ago and did not need it again. According to his own words, he only votes for higher salaries of teachers if the salaries of social services employees are also raised. The combination of the proposal to increase teachers’ salaries with higher taxes does not prevent him. Juraj Šeliga Matovič must apply the handbrake, because this coalition will end “We have been criticizing Smer for twelve years and today we are going against each other with baseball bats,” thinks Juraj Šeliga, Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Coalition councils remain without SaS On Tuesday, a coalition council was held for the first time without representatives of the SaS party. She refused to take part in it temporarily “in order to calm the society as a whole”. Meetings of representatives of all coalition parties are crucial for the functioning of the government, they discuss important proposals and procedures of the coalition on key issues. They get used to it every week. “On Tuesday, representatives of three coalition parties met to discuss how to help families with children, increase the salaries of teachers, nurses and other civil servants and where to find resources. We are sorry that the SaS party decided not to take part in these important negotiations and ignored the people who need this help, “Michal Šipoš, the head of the OĽaNO parliamentary group, responded for TASR. Richard Sulík could not say today when SaS will return to them. “I don’t know if it will be in a week, two weeks or in September.” “SaS is part of the coalition, but if it does not go to the negotiating table, we cannot say anything. I respect their gesture, but SaS must sit at the negotiating table if it wants to rule, “Šeliga told TASR. He considers the partners’ non-negotiation of compromises to be irresponsible. Igor Matovic said that at yesterday’s meeting of representatives OĽaNO, We are a family and There was peace for the people. “Wonder why the world,” he commented ironically. He suggested that coalition councils be made live. He claims it looks like psychiatry to them. “People deserve to see how those decisions are made. “Either the camera will fix morale there, or people will have a big brother,” he said. According to him, the cameras should also be on the government. People would see some members cursing at snappers and nimandas. The appeal of Sulík György Gyimesi will vote in favor of the Minister’s dismissal.