Tajikistan’s Asia-plus publication compared the monthly salaries of deputies in Central Asia and a number of other countries. It states that among the Central Asian countries, the deputies of Kazakhstan receive the highest salaries, and the deputies of Uzbekistan receive the lowest salaries.
It is noted that the salary of Kazakh deputies is equal to $2,050 (23.8 million soums). Deputies of Tajikistan – $688 (8 million soums) and deputies of Kyrgyzstan – $500 (5.8 million soums). The deputies of Uzbekistan are in the last place with a salary of $380 (4.4 million soums). There is no information on Turkmenistan. In this regard, the journalists of the publication may have received information about the salaries of Uzbek deputies from open sources.
According to additional information provided by the source, Belarusian deputies receive a salary of $950 (11 million soums), Great Britain deputies – $5,950 (69 million soums), Russian deputies – $6,850 (79 million soums), and European Parliament deputies – $7,500 (87 million soums).
Kun.uz studied the information about the salary of deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis.
“Hidden” salary
It is known that in 2020 the deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis were given special bank cards. In 2021, 10 million soums per month were deposited into this plastic card for each deputy. In addition, they were paid a monthly salary of around 7-8 million soums. As a result, deputies received 17-18 million soums of income every month.
In this regard, the Kun.uz reporter interviewed several deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis. People’s representatives confirmed the information that they receive 10 million soums for plastic cards every month.
“Yes, every month I get 10 million soums on my bank card. This is done so that we can work well and not think about financial problems. Everything is aimed at improving working conditions. The money will be allocated from special accounts,” one of the deputies who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
According to several sources in the government, currently deputies receive an average of 18 million soums per month. The question why this information is not disclosed was not answered.
Another source said that 10 million soums coming to the bank’s plastic card are allocated from the “special fund” and emphasized that this money is not a salary, but a kind of “support” of the state.
“All deputies have apartments and cars. They should be grateful to the state and work hard. The salary of deputies is 6-10 million soums, this amount depends on various criteria. The said 10 million soums will be allocated from the government’s special fund. As a result, the monthly income is 16-20 million soums. From January of this year, it was planned to stop allocating funds through special cards and to increase the amount of wages. I honestly don’t know what happened after that. It seems that the cards are still active,” he said.
