Maximum wage set for Supreme Constitutional Court staff

Supreme Constitutional Court head Adli Mansour issued on Sunday a decision setting the maximum wage for the court's staff at 42 thousand Egyptian pounds.

The decision applies to the court's head, his deputies, the court's commissioners and employees at its administrative body.

The decision confirms the reality on the ground, said the court spokesman Mohamed al-Shennawi in a press statement. He added that the decision complies with law 63/2014 which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued on July 3, setting the maximum wage of any state employee at 42 thousand Egyptian pounds, which is 35 times the minimum wage (1,200 pounds).

In July, Shennawi denied rumours that salaries of court judges exceed the maximum wage and that the court hides this information from the Central Auditing Organisation, the Middle East News Agency reported.