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Two of the coun­try’s largest trade unions have de­scribed the im­ple­men­ta­tion this month of in­creased salaries for politi­cians as a wicked, dis­grace­ful and hyp­o­crit­i­cal move by Gov­ern­ment.

In fact, the Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) is call­ing on the pop­u­la­tion to op­pose this move at the polls.

On Wednes­day, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert con­firmed the in­creased salaries will take ef­fect from Feb­ru­ary and when asked by Guardian Me­dia if the State had the funds to ac­com­mo­date it, he said, “Well I would think so.”