All the state-employees might see their salaries increase by 26 per cent this year. The Government has taken into consideration the possibility to enforce the unitary pay law earlier, in December 2015, because 2016 is an election year. The new budget law clearly stipulates that this law cannot be amended when there is less than six months until the next elections, and this country's local elections are scheduled to be held in June 2016. A final decision, however, will be made next week.