Local leaders welcome first rise in salary for 10 years
The government has dismissed allegations that it approved a pay raise for local leaders in exchange for ballot-box gains in the upcoming election.
The move was approved because tambon administrative organisation (TAO) employees hadn’t had a raise in over a decade and their salaries need to keep up with the inflation rate, said deputy government spokeswoman Tipanan Sirichana.
She said TAOs had petitioned Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda, seeking the raise in 2019. At the time, the minister agreed in principle to increase their pay amid rising consumer prices, she said.
The TAOs’ call came after kamnans and village heads nationwide were earlier granted a pay raise, she said, adding it was only…
