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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 World record with balloons Allowances of Parents meet prosecutors, judges raised minister on DOHA: Qatari judges, assist- ant judges and Qatari members of public prosecution, includ- ing assistant public prosecutors will now get huge allowances exam results amounting to 120 percent of their monthly salaries. The government has, effective Call to revoke results rejected from yesterday, raised the allow- ances, Qatar News Agency (QNA) DOHA: A number of angry Several parents complained reported yesterday. parents of students who failed that the results had come as a The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim in the second term of the sec- shocker for them since their chil- bin Hamad Al Thani issued Emiri ondary school examination this dren were high performers and decisions No 80 and 81 of 2013 for year converged at the office very good students. increasing the allowance of Qatari of the education minister on At least one parent who gave judges, their assistants, members Tuesday and demanded that the his name as Faleh Al Hajri, a pub- of the public prosecutors and results be revoked. lic servant, said the Independent their assistants 120 percent of the The minister, who made the Schools were of no use. “We want salary without upper limit. parents wait for a while and met the old school education system Their existing allowances were with them later, put his foot down to be back where there were sep- 60 percent of the salary without and tried to pacify them, but said arate administrations for each any upper limit.