It has been a year since the current Parliament convocation was constituted on 7 November 2016.
For the past 12 months, the state, or taxpayers, have paid over €720,000 to the opposition MPs who have not gone to work during the year (except for Democratic Front’s occasional appearances), Dnevne Novine writes.
The monthly budget for parliamentary salaries is around €122,000. Of that sum, €59,366 is paid to 39 opposition MPs, according to official parliamentary data for September this year.
The average salary of an MP is €1,544. A significant number of deputies have incomes above that amount.
In addition to regular salaries, MPs receive fees for phones, fuel, whereas caucuses receive special reimbursements.
The state, ie citizens, also pay for the premises in which the caucuses are located, although opposition parties’ premises have been empty since September 2015, when the “famous” protests began and caucuses were moved to the streets.
