CSC defends restoration of civil servants’ salaries
07 Jan 2010, 4:29 PM
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has defended its decision to restore civil servants’ salaries and allowances in January to their former levels.
At a press conference today, Abdul Muhsin, vice-president of the commission, said the condition for restoring salaries to pre-October levels was the government’s revenue exceeding Rf7 billion (US$545 million) as it was the main indicator to determine whether the “special economic circumstances” that made the pay cuts necessary had passed.
Muhsin said a statement on the budget published on the finance ministry website stated that income for government offices alone would exceed Rf7 billion.
In the discussions with the finance ministry before the pay cuts were enforced in October, he added, it was agreed that salaries would be restored “automatically” when revenue reached Rf7 billion.
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