Mozambique | TSU: MDM demands that exclusivity allowance for doctors and teachers is reinstated

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Mozambique | TSU: MDM demands that exclusivity allowance for doctors and teachers is reinstated

2:10 CAT | 01 Nov 2022

Photo: O País

The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) is demanding that the exclusivity allowance for teachers and doctors be reinstated, so that they are motivated to work. The party has also criticised the Single Salary Table (TSU) for not allowing civil servants to reach Level 21 in their careers.

Teachers have complained about aspects of the Single Salary Table, even threatening to stop classes. In some schools, a silent “strike” is already being felt.

Doctors are also unhappy with the Single Salary Table which, they say, takes away a good part of their perks. They have met several times, deciding at the last meeting that they would go on strike from November 5th.

This Monday, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique convened a press conference to announce its position on the situation described above, and declared itself in favour of the two groups of professionals.

The MDM is demanding that subsidies for both classes be reinstated on the grounds that they will thus be more motivated to work.

“We urge the government to reinstate the subsidies to teachers, namely 15% exclusivity and an increase in the research subsidy of 15%,” MDM president Lutero Simango said.

“We urge [doctors] to have returned their exclusivity allowance to 30% and increase the risk allowance to 15%, thus allowing doctors to carry out their activities with more motivation, responsibility and commitment,” he added.

The opposition party’s criticisms do not stop there. The “rooster” says that, due to the way the Single Salary Table was conceived, it caps the career progression of civil servants.

For example, Simango says, the TSU does not allow civil servants to amass 91 points, denying them access to the maximum career level of 21.

The government is to blame, according to the MDM.

“The Frelimo government is acting in bad faith by not allowing any Mozambican civil servant to reach the top of the table for his/her selfless dedication to the civil service exercised with pride and dedication throughout his professional life,” Simango alleges.

In his opinion, this could create or aggravate other problems: “This attitude favours nepotism, friendship relations and partisanship. The MDM is for the de-partisanship of the Mozambican state.”

The Mozambican Democratic Movement suggests that a platform be identified for discussing and correcting the anomalies of the Single Salary Table, which distort the acknowledgement of academic levels and degrees.

Source: O País