How much will top officials earn under the latest pay cuts? Here’s what we know so far – Carta

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How much will top officials earn under the latest pay cuts? Here’s what we know so far – Carta

9:25 CAT | 29 May 2023

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Changes in the salaries of civil servants began with the Prime Minister, who saw his monthly salary reduced from 77 t to 76 percent of the base salary of the President of the Republic, with the addition of a representation subsidy equivalent to 15 percent of the salary against the previous 30 percent.

With this change, Adriano Maleiane will receive a monthly salary of 200,272.16 Meticais, against the current 202,907.32 Meticais, a reduction of only 2,637.16 Meticais. The representation allowance drops from the current 60,872.20 Meticais to 30,040.82 Meticais, a cut of 30,831.38 Meticais. In total, the Prime Minister will earn, every month, 230,312.98 Meticais, against the current 263,779.51 Meticais, which represents a reduction of 33,466.53 Meticais.

In turn, Counsellor Judges, Deputy Attorneys General, Ministers, the Director General of SISE (State Information and Security Service) and the Ombudsman will earn a monthly salary corresponding to 67.5 percent of the salary of the Head of State, plus a representation subsidy equivalent to 15% of their respective salary.

Under the law in force, they earned a salary equivalent to 75 percent of Filipe Nyusi’s salary.

In this way, this group of civil servants will receive a monthly salary of 177,873.3 Meticais, against the current 197,637 Meticais, a reduction of around 19,763.7 Meticais. The representation allowance will be 26,680.99 Meticais, against the current figure of 59,291.10 Meticais, a cut of 32,610.11 Meticais. In total, these public servants will earn, every month, 204,544.29 Meticais, against the previous 256,928.10 Meticais, which represents a reduction of 52,383.81 Meticais.

However, deputies could see their wages drop dramatically. Under the current law, deputies earn a salary corresponding to 75 percent of the salary of the President of the Republic, but under the proposal approved by the Government, representatives of the people will receive a salary corresponding to 57.5 percent of the salary of the President of the Republic. Republic, plus a representation subsidy of 15 percent, against the previous 30 percent.

That is, deputies’ salaries will drop from the current 197,637 Meticais to 151,521.7 Meticais, a reduction of 46,115.3 Meticais. The representation allowances will reduce from the current 59,291.10 Meticais to 22,728.26 Meticais, a cut of 36,562.85 Meticais. In total, the salaries of deputies will be cut to 82,678.15 Meticais, the biggest salary cut of the current TSU reform. Each month, deputies will receive 174,249.96 Meticais, an amount that is below the base salary of government members.

As a matter of fact, the salaries of deputies will also be below the salaries of Deputy Ministers, Rectors of Public Universities and Secretaries of State, who will earn a salary equivalent to 60 percent of the salary of the President of the Republic, against the current salary of 70 percent.

Deputy Ministers, Rectors of Public Universities and Secretaries of State will earn a monthly salary of 158,109.60 Meticais, against the current 184,461.2 Meticais, a cut of 26,351.60 Meticais. The representation subsidy will be reduced from the current 27,669.18 Meticais to 23,716.44 Meticais, a reduction of 3,952.74 Meticais. In total, these leaders will receive 181,826.04 Meticais.

In the proposal submitted to parliament, the Government also defines the remuneration criteria for the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic; the Heads of Parliamentary Groups and their deputies; the Presidents of the Working Commissions, their deputies and the respective Members; of Spokespersons; the Rapporteurs and Deputy Rapporteurs; of the Members of the Standing Commission and Members of the Board of Directors of the Assembly of the Republic.

However, in the so-called ‘Casa do Povo’, only the Speaker of Parliament will have a salary higher than that of ministers, and the rest will have a salary equal to or less than 62.5% of the salary of the Head of State.

Source: Carta de Moçambique