Just last month, electricity, water and other utility tariffs were increased by up to 78.9% despite the fact that the salaries of ordinary workers remain stagnant. When concerned citizens questioned the rationale behind the astronomical increase in utility tariffs, some busy-doing-nothing deputy minister came out to pronounce that the action is meant to safeguard the stable supply of electricity and water in the near future, as government doesn�t have money to subsidize those services as it used to do in the past.