Council of Ministers approves decree on perks

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Council of Ministers approves decree on perks

2:09 CAT | 04 Jan 2018

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The Council of Ministers recently approved a decree addressing entitlement to state benefits such as cars, housing and other perks. The regulation also determines the limit, in cash terms, of the privileges paid for with public funds.

The document was published in the Boletim da República on December 27, and arises out of cost containment measures announced by Adriano Maleiane, Minister of Economy and Finance.

The regulation stipulates that senior state officials who hold government office, and other beneficiaries of the right to housing, will receive an income corresponding to 30 percent of their salary to pay for housing, and will lose the right as soon as their functions ceases. It also says that the state will pay for beneficiaries’ housing for a year, after which it will pay the subsidy to the beneficiary and the latter will pay the cost of renting the house.

“It is incumbent upon the ministers who oversee the areas of Finance and Public Works and Housing to set the maximum amount of monthly income per province, to be paid by the State, which should not exceed the amount of 120,000.00 MZN,” the document says, adding that “Protocol vehicles are intended exclusively for duty missions, must be driven by a protocol driver, and are not subject to alienation”.

Fuel expenses for individual vehicles shall not exceed 5,000 MZN per month for senior state officials, holders of government positions, members of the corporate bodies of the state business sector and members of government institutes, public fund and other state institutions with administrative and/or financial autonomy.

The decree does not however include the President of Mozambique, the President and Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic, the Prime Minister, President and Vice-President of the Supreme Court, President of the Administrative Court, President of the Constitutional Council or the Attorney General and Vice-attorney General of the Republic.

Source: O País