Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: The body that represents doctors has come under fire after secretly giving its top bosses 137 per cent pay rises. The salary hikes for officials at the British Medical Association were last night branded 'scandalous' and 'unjustifiable'. Dr Mark Porter, the BMA's chair of council, now receives a £171,692 salary - more than double the £88,320 he received last year. The revelations are set to be an embarrassment for the union after it criticised the Government's decision to halt a pay rise for NHS doctors. Former health minister Norman Lamb has called the increases for seven top officials a 'snub' to members.The British Medical Association officials' salary hikes branded 'scandalous'Its chair of council Dr Mark Porter now receives whopping £171,692 salaryOther BMA officials received pay rises of 99 per cent and 108 per centFormer health minister Norman Lamb called increases a 'snub' to members 
 Question:A BMA Spokesman said: 'As the recognised leaders of their profession the _'s Chief Officers are active, practising doctors.

British Medical Association