President Faure meets with Hon Wavel Ramkalawan
The two met to discuss their differences over the salary increment for the public sector workers that is due for payment at the end of April 2019. It is now certain that the increment will not be included in the pay package for end of (April) this month. The Executive and the Legislative are still at loggahead about how the 62 million rupees should be divided between the work force. The law that is in force make alowances for a 5% increment accross the board. However, the Leader of the Opposition used his majority in the National Assembly to block an amendments to the Public Service Salary Act that would have made the 5% increment a reality.
The Honorable Ramkalawan is proposing that the 62 million rupees be divided in equal amounts between all the public sector workers, irrelevant of position or responsibility. The LDS majority has also quashed an SI that would have made it possible for the Executive to proceed with the said increment of 5%. The President threatened legal action but it seems that he is backing down from carrying out his threat.
The meeting was on Thursday 11th April and Ramkalwan was spotted going through the gates at State House at around 7am, he was accompanied by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and the President was assisted by his Secretary of State for Cabinet Affairs. However, the LGB was nowhere to be seen. He will have no say in the matter apart from rubberstamping any deal reached between the parties. According to a press communique the meeting was set up to exchange points of view regarding the proposed amendments to the Public Service Salary Act. The business of the people being conducted behind closed doors; transparency was placed on hold for an hour.
Both Danny and Wavel are now stuck in a mess of their own making. If this situation about the increment of salary for the public sector workers, is not brought under control soon, through a consensus the end result will be catastophic for the local economy. The private sector workers are watching development closely to see how it will affect their position and the business community is also very nervous about this situation. It is creating uncertainty in the work place both in governement offices as well as in the private sector.
‘The President said that the meeting had been very useful in helping to reach a common under-standing of the issues involved. He would be appointing a technical committee to continue discus-sions on the matter, and to reach a consensus for further consideration by the National Assembly.
The President emphasized that Government would back pay public service employees based on the agreed Salary Table from 1st April 2019. Mr. Ramkalawan has also asked the workers to be patient and that a deal will be reached soon.
Independent
The Honorable Ramkalawan is proposing that the 62 million rupees be divided in equal amounts between all the public sector workers, irrelevant of position or responsibility. The LDS majority has also quashed an SI that would have made it possible for the Executive to proceed with the said increment of 5%. The President threatened legal action but it seems that he is backing down from carrying out his threat.
The meeting was on Thursday 11th April and Ramkalwan was spotted going through the gates at State House at around 7am, he was accompanied by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and the President was assisted by his Secretary of State for Cabinet Affairs. However, the LGB was nowhere to be seen. He will have no say in the matter apart from rubberstamping any deal reached between the parties. According to a press communique the meeting was set up to exchange points of view regarding the proposed amendments to the Public Service Salary Act. The business of the people being conducted behind closed doors; transparency was placed on hold for an hour.
Both Danny and Wavel are now stuck in a mess of their own making. If this situation about the increment of salary for the public sector workers, is not brought under control soon, through a consensus the end result will be catastophic for the local economy. The private sector workers are watching development closely to see how it will affect their position and the business community is also very nervous about this situation. It is creating uncertainty in the work place both in governement offices as well as in the private sector.
‘The President said that the meeting had been very useful in helping to reach a common under-standing of the issues involved. He would be appointing a technical committee to continue discus-sions on the matter, and to reach a consensus for further consideration by the National Assembly.
The President emphasized that Government would back pay public service employees based on the agreed Salary Table from 1st April 2019. Mr. Ramkalawan has also asked the workers to be patient and that a deal will be reached soon.
Independent
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