The Progressive Labour Party has called on the Premier to “tell the truth about salaries”.In a statement released on Thursday, a PLP spokesman said: “The Premier once again missed a chance to speak honestly to the Bermudian people.“When asked about Ministerial pay cuts, the Premier again told Bermuda that it was ‘not possible’ to make them effective immediately, so they couldn’t come into place until April 1.“However, the former One Bermuda Alliance leader, John Barritt, in The Royal Gazette contradicted this statement. When asked whether the salary reductions could have been retroactive he wrote, ‘They could have.“You can look it up in the legislation, Ministers and Members of The Legislature (Salaries and Pensions) Act 1975. It’s there in black and white: Section 2(3). As to why it was not done is a question only the Government can answer’.“Not only does John Barritt rebuke the Premier’s false statement, but in the resolution in which the Premier decided to delay the pay cut for ministers to April 1, he gave his Ministers in the Senate a retroactive pay raise effective January 1,” he added.“Someone is not being honest with the Bermudian people, and we call on the Premier to tell the truth and say he could have made the pay cut effective ‘immediately’ but decided to go back on his word and make it effective on April 1.”The spokesman also called on the Premier to clarify “why he feels it is appropriate for his part-time Ministers to collect full-time pay.“All Ministers that are ‘part-time’ (meaning they still have their private sector jobs) are currently collecting the same salaries as full-time Ministers. We also ask if the Premier intends to ask those Ministers who are working part-time, but are being paid full-time salaries, to pay back the money to the taxpayer.”