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New Government Admits ‘Difficulties’ in Paying 13th Month Salary

New Government Admits ‘Difficulties’ in Paying 13th Month Salary

The Government, meeting this Saturday, 18th January, in a session of the Council of Ministers, admitted the existence of ‘difficulties’ for the immediate payment of the 13th salary in the Civil Service, indicating that alternatives are being studied for its implementation, to be announced ‘soon.’

‘The government has assessed the information on the payment of the 13th salary for civil servants and pensioners, having noted the difficulties of its immediate materialisation in view of the negative impacts on revenue collection as a result of the disruption caused by the demonstrations,’ said Inocêncio Impissa, Minister of State Administration and Civil Service.

The minister and spokesman for the body pointed out: ‘the Executive will continue to assess the situation and envisage possible scenarios for the payment of the 13th salary and present the measure shortly.’

‘It won’t be the first experience, there have already been different experiences in which the government has created and found alternatives for partial payment, by groups, among other measures,’ said Inocêncio Impissa, promising new pronouncements in the short term.

‘The government will continue to outline these alternatives and, in the near future, present the measure it understands and deems most appropriate,’ he concluded.

The former Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, had already indicated that the post-election crisis, with stoppages and clashes since October, had forced the reformulation of the 2024 State Budget, including the cut in salary.

Last July, the government made a commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pay civil servants a third of the 13th month in 2024 and half by 2028. ‘We have approved a medium-term action plan to help reduce the wage bill to 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP),’ reads a letter sent by the Mozambican authorities to the IMF managing director, as part of the fourth review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme.

The letter to Kristalina Georgieva, signed by the then Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, and the governor of the Bank of Mozambique, Rogério Zandamela, stated that the plan included ‘political measures.’

More than 300 people have died and more than 600 have been shot in the post-election demonstrations since 21 October in Mozambique, called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane – who does not recognise the results, claiming ‘electoral fraud’ – which have degenerated into violence, looting, pillaging and the destruction of infrastructure.

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