— Civil Servants’ ultimatum to Gov’tAhead of members of the Council of Patriots pending December 30th “Weah Step Down” campaign, and with just 10 days to December 15, 2019, the Civil Servants Union of Liberia (CSUL), has given the government an ultimatum to pay them their delayed salaries and benefits or else, “we will get in the street and demand from the government to pay us.”By definition, civil servants are employees of the government. They comprise mainly career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than politically appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. “We appeal to our people for understanding the situation of the salary delay. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has reported that the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has fallen short of its projected revenue collection from July to November 15, 2019 by approximately US$60 million. The MoU, according to the CSUL’s statement issued on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, among other essential things and or issues, requires the government to ensure the regularization of the payment of civil servants’ salaries.

Source: Daily Observer December 05, 2019 02:47 UTC