Luanda – The Basic Law on Public Service aims essentially to reinforce the rights and guarantees of public workers, stated Monday in Luanda the secretary of State for Public Administration, Vânio Americano.
The official made these statements when speaking during the debate in the speciality session of the Parliament related to the Basic Law on Public Service, whose first four chapters and 37 articles were unanimously approved by the parliamentarians.
According to Vânio Americano, the law establishes that the public worker who transitory carries out duties in a post or position other than that in which he or she is employed, is recognised as having the right to opt for the remuneration status due in the origin.
The Basic Law under assessment reintroduces the appointment as a rule to entry into the public service, it reduces from five to one year the probationary period and also bans a probationary service by contract.
The law introduces the figure of the public work contract as an exception regime to be used only in extraordinary situations to meet transitory or specific needs.
The secretary of State said that Public Service is ruled, among others, by principles of public interest, equality, legality, justice, proportionality, impartiality, accountability and administrative probity.
The diploma prohibits the administrative transition of contract service staff to the definitive permanent staff, and eliminates the maximum age of 35 to join the public service.
Regarding the Public Service disciplinary regime, the law eliminates the disciplinary penalty of fine and introduces the disciplinary penalty of temporary reduction of salary, between one to six months and reduction cannot exceed 20% of the base salary, and also establishes that the amount of the salary deducted must be deposited in favour of the employee in the Social Security account.
The law contains 13 chapters and 129 articles.
However, at the same session, the deputies approved the special amendment to the Organic Law of the Courts of Appeal, in order to fix the framework of judges of the Courts of Appeal in line with the number of first instance judges in full exercise of their functions, appointed under a resolution of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary.
The diploma states that the research subsidy attributed to the judges of the Court of Appeal should not exceed 50% of their basic salary, without prejudice to their respective remunerations.
With the approval of the law, the Luanda Court of Appeal, instead of having 21 first instance judges, it will have 31, while the Benguela court will increase from 19 to 24, Huíla court will keep its 17, Saurimo will reduce from 17 to 15 and Uíge will increase from 17 to 15 judges.
