CSC sues Finance Ministry over civil servants salary

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Civil Service Commission sues the finance ministry on Ministry’s failure to pay reinstated salaries to the civil servants from 1 January 2010 onwards. Abdulla Khaleel, Commission’s Secretary-General confirmed that the Commission had submitted the case to the Civil Court, but said that the Court is yet to confirm if the case is accepted by the Court.

Commission had previously warned that it will sue the Ministry if it disregards the Commission’s decision to reinstate the salaries of the civil servants. However, Finance Ministry had said reinstating salaries would endanger the economy and the special situation which led to the reduction of the salaries had not come to an end and reinstating the salaries at the moment would jeopardize the government of Maldives standby loan arrangement with the IMF. IMF later in a press release confirmed government’s position and hinted out the possibility of canceling its loan arrangement with the Maldives if public expenditure is to be increased.

Despite the difference in both camps, towards the end of January Commission and the Ministry had negotiated along with the Attorney-General, to seek an agreement on the critical issue. However, Commission and the Ministry were not able to narrow their difference and had revealed mistrust which existed between the Commission and the Ministry on the issue.

President Nasheed had later said that he is looking forward to review the economic situation later in April and if the economy had showed signs of recovery by then, he would support reinstating salaries.

Many government offices had begun protesting against the decision, specifically after a Parliament decision forced the Finance Ministry to pay reinstated salaries for the independent commissions. Some civil servants also believe that reducing the working hours could be a helpful gesture to remedy their plight.

While Civil Service Commission is taking the Finance Minister to court on the issue, opposition parties are planning a no confidence vote in the Parliament on the soft-spoken finance minister who is one of the best economists in the country.

Reader Comments

  1. civil service commissioner is one of the gayooms cronies. his aim now is to create choas in the country. maldivians should be aware of this. he refused to raise the teachers salary and has cut down the allowances of all the teachers during his time as the education minister. wonder why he is so concerned about the civil servants.

    Posted by ibbe | February 10, 2010, 7:21 am

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