Mozambique | TSU: Why judge are threatening to impugn the new Single Salary Table

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Mozambique | TSU: Why judge are threatening to impugn the new Single Salary Table

4:12 CAT | 08 Nov 2022

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The Mozambican Association of Judges (AMJ) is threatening to challenge the Single Salary Table (TSU), which recently came into force in the civil service, on the grounds that it “calls into question the constitutional status of judges”.

The AMJ made its position known this Monday (07-11) in a statement issued after an extraordinary general meeting, whose sole agenda point was “discussing and deliberating on the mechanisms for impugning the law that approves the Single Salary Table”.

For now, the note reads, the magistrates will focus on negotiations with the government and the Assembly of the Republic, in conjunction with the Supreme Court.

The AMJ attacks, in particular, the TSU provisions which “exclude certain categories [of judges] from the status of holders or members of a sovereign body”.

Controversial table

The TSU, approved by the Assembly of the Republic and promulgated by the President of the Republic in October, is being strongly contested by various professional classes in the civil service for having resulted in the reduction of salaries and subsidies.

On Sunday, the Medical Association of Mozambique (AMM) decided to postpone until December 5 a national strike scheduled for Monday (07-11) after a national meeting of the association, on the grounds that “the government has adopted a posture of greater openness to dialogue” in relation to claims prompted by the TSU.

The association opted for “rescheduling the start date of the third national strike to December 5, 2022, if the government does not resolve the issues raised in the medical class’s claim book”, reads in a statement issued on Sunday.

In letters published in various media, teachers also threaten to paralyze classes and boycott exams for the upcoming school year in protest at the implementation of the new salary structure.

Source: Deutsche Welle