Tag: lawmakers of the Pacific Alliance

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Which lawmakers from the Pacific Alliance are paid the most?

  

  Of all four Pacific Alliance countries, Colombia spends most on its congressional representatives, despite the South American country’s low wages. According to a report published on Monday by economic newspaper La Republica, the state pays Colombia’s congressmen a total of nearly $2.1 million per month in salaries, almost double the total of Chile, whose congressmen have the highest individual salaries, but in total cost the state $1.2 million per month.