Prime Minister, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, proposed the pay cut in the House of Pesi and it did not survive the final stage of the National Budget debate.
The savings from the pay cut would have contributed towards Tonga’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister of Finance, Tevita Lavemaau congratulated members for their hard work, and reminded them that they still had one week and two days before the end of the month, 30 June, which is the end of the 2019-20 Financial Year.
