The head of the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union, Clement Waiwori, says the government is sending mixed messages about its National Economic Recovery plan.
This week, the treasury posted a notice of money allocations which includes
more than 130-thousand US dollars for redundancies and almost 60-thousand dollars for special constables who are former militants.
Mr Waiwori says the constable allocation is a change from the traditional way they were paid.
He says they used to get paid on a per-task basis, but now it seems they are on the payroll.
Mr Waiwori says it is strange that they get onto the payroll while the rest of the workforce is being retrenched.
"The police force is overemployed. You have an exaggerated the salary bill for these police officers alone because of these special constables coming in and asking for these salaries. The government must be serious because we are in a situation where people are going through the exit door and we open the back door for people to come in."
Clement Waiwori.
