MANAGING DIRECTOR of The Gleaner Company Ltd. Oliver Clarke, has been named chairman of the committee to review the salaries and emoluments of parliamentarians.
The establishment of the committee was announced by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Mrs. Maria Thompson-Walters, Senior Pay Planning Officer in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, will serve as secretary to the committee which is scheduled to hold its first informal meeting during the course of next week. It will be making public, information on how it will operate and how persons can make submissions.
Mr. Patterson established the committee against the background of public controversy surrounding recent pay increases to parliamentarians. Mr. Patterson has also suspended further increases in salaries for parliamentarians pending the committee's recommendations.
Other members of the committee are Corrine McLarty, Bishop Charles Dufour, Tony Lewers and Las Perry.
