‘Strikes lawful but we won’t support them’, says CSC
02 Feb 2010, 6:06 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
President of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Mohamed Latheef has said that the commission does not support strikes on principle “as civil servants are working for the benefit of the people, and [striking] is harmful for the people.”
However he said that those civil servants who were striking over the salary issue were using a right accorded them under the law.
He also said civil servants had a right to their full salary this month, and that it was “unfair” of the government to restore only some salaries (at the independent commissions).
Latheef said that all government employees, including independent commissions, “must face the difficulties due to the country’s economic condition.”
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