"Would you survive on 5,600 soms living wage?" MP asks PM candidate

AKIPRESS.COM - Would you survive on 5,600 soms per month? asked MP Dastan Bekeshev from candidate for Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov on February 3 at a meeting of Parliament. Maripov replied that it is possible to survive. "It is possible, but it will be very hard. This is a living wage," he said.
"We're dealing with changing the structure of government, but it's only politics. When are we going to pay attention to simple things like the consumer basket? Food prices are going up, but salaries are not," said the MP.