Minister LE officially launches the litigation phase of the Physical Head Count of State Personnel.
In a press Conference that took place today within the Centre for the Reception and Orientation of Public service users, the Minister of the Public service and Administrative Reform officially launched the litigation phase of the physical headcount of State personnel.
The exercise which is pursuant to the physical head count of state personnel carried out by the Ministry of Finance from April to June 2018, is a step by step procedure which would now open with the disciplinary phase for those who were been pinned down during the exercise.
Before this time, a pre- litigation phase was carried out, during which employees who could not take part in the census and those whose census was invalidated for various reasons, were invited to report to MINFI, to justify themselves.
Intense communication was carried out by the Ministry of Finance and now it’s up to the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative reform to proceed with disciplinary measures. According to this order, following article 9 of decree No 78/484 of 9 November 1978 laying down the common provisions applicable to state employee governed by the labor code, various sanctions would follow defaulters, some of which include: either a pay in reinstatement, a warning, a reprimand, a reduction in incremental position, a categorical reduction or dismissal.
At the end of it’s deliberations, the board would make proposals to the authority vested with disciplinary power, in this case, the prime Minister, head of government for category A workers or the Ministry of the Public Service for Category B, C and D workers.
As for civil servants who do not comply with the summons in this operation, they will be , in accordance with the regulations in force, simply dismissed from the State Public Service.
Minster LE noted that out of 9101 files transmitted to his Ministry, those of 335 state employees who don’t fall under the competence of MINFOPRA have been removed. This after consolidation, disciplinary processing were initiated against 8766 persons , including 5045 civil servants and 3721 state employees governed by the labor code.
The names of those concerned have been published on the Ministry’s website, www.minfopra.gov.cm, on radio announcements and on all MINFOPRA regional delegations and other administrations for wide dissemination. After a deadline of 30days those who fail to present themselves at the disciplinary and litigation unit of the Ministry would be dismissed from the Public Service.
In the meantime investigations would proceed within a period of 6 months, after which the exercise would be brought to a close with sanctions as mentioned above.
