Maputo, 14 Sep (AIM) – The Mozambican deputy minister of economy and finance, Carla Louveira, claimed on Wednesday that the registration of members of the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) in the Unified Wage Table (TSU) in the public administration “is almost complete and the months of wage arrears are also almost all paid”.
According to Louveira, cited by the Portuguese news agency LUSA, on the sidelines of the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Conference, which has been taking place in Maputo since Wednesday, “we have the whole process almost completed, which is the registration of employees, particularly in the special area, which is the military area, within the state payment system.”
At issue are wage delays in the public administration in recent months supposedly due to inconsistencies in the application of the new single salary scale (TSU), a problem that has particularly affected members of the police and the armed forces.
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi issued an order last month for the payment of defence and security personnel, who were about two months behind in their wages, if necessary by returning to the previous payment system, until the problems of “non-conformity detected” in the application of the new wage scale are overcome.
“Basically, almost everyone has been paid. There’s a small group who haven’t finalised their registration yet, but this is also happening. This is an ongoing process,” Louveira said.
On Monday, the Mozambican Association for the Rights of Police (AMOPAIP) complained about irregularities in the payment of wages to police officers, asking the relevant authorities for explanations.
“Wages continue to be paid in a way that we can’t understand. Some get paid and others don’t. Those who do receive wages continue to have a deduction that nobody can justify and nobody is coming out to explain,” said Nazário Muanambane, leader of AMOPAIP, during a press conference in Maputo.
According to previous information from the ministry of the economy and finance, the delays in paying the wages of the defence and security forces were due to registration problems in the new payment system, taking into account the migration to the single system, which began in June, and was previously done through the ministries of the interior and defence.
The new state wage scale has 21 levels, ranging from monthly wages of 8,756 meticais (about 137 US dollars) to 165,758 meticais, instead of 103 levels, as was previously the case.
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