CEBU City –Mayor Michael Rama agreed to increase the allowance of city prosecutors.

But he did not specify yet how much the 33 fiscals of the Cebu City Prosecutors’ Office will get.

He tasked City Administrator Jose Mari Poblete and City Lawyer Joseph Bernaldez to check if the city can also give additional allowances to fiscals of the Regional State Prosecutor’s office.

Earlier, Rama’s predecessor and now South District Rep. Tomas Osmeña increased the allowance of judges from the Regional Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court in Cities and Court of Appeals from P30,000 to P45,000 each.

Osmeña increased the allowances, believing it will minimize corruption and keep the prosecutors away from the temptation to accept money from some parties.

Unlike the case of judges, however, the city government will not match the monthly salary of the fiscals.

The city prosecutors receive P5,000 monthly allowance each.

“We will give them additional allowances but we don’t know yet how much. Our finances can cover it as long as it will not cause an imbalance in the salaries of City Hall personnel. I don’t think we can double the fiscals’ salary but the amount of the allowance will be given fairly and squarely,” Rama said. (PNA)