Striking staff demand transparent audit before job cuts
Staff on strike at the finance ministry have signed a petition calling on the Civil Service Commission to conduct a transparent and comprehensive resource audit before making mass job cuts.
22 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Staff on strike at the finance ministry have called on the Civil Service Commission to conduct a transparent and comprehensive resource audit before making mass job cuts.
President Abdulla Yameen had ordered the dismissal of more than 70 of the 379 civil servants at the ministry, but with the resignation of the ministry’s top civil servant last week and the strike today, the government is insisting the 70 staff will be assured jobs in other ministries.
“No employee will be fired. They will be transferred to other government ministries. Some degree of patience is required in such matters,” Ibrahim Muaz Ali, the president’s spokesman told The Maldives Independent today.
The cuts were proposed to improve efficiency, he added.
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