Public service crisis, the HAT unable to keep commitments

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The government has formalized Beriziky the budget to be granted to national education teachers, namely 11% of the union’s claims. MGA 25 billion will potentially be shared out between some 50,000 national education officers, civil servants and contractors of primary and secondary schools as allowances. The National Education Ministry decided to increase the amount dedicated to travel allowances and life insurances. Depending on their location, teachers would from May 2012 on, between MGA 50,000 and MGA 70,000, nearly a plus 200% rise for some of them.
As a reminder, the full amount required by the teachers’ union was reaching MGA 450 000 each. Living allowances that are currently amounting to MGA 90, and family related allowances amounting to MGA 200 per child happened to be the claims’ main issue. The HAT’ leader’s decision, passed by the government as a consequence of unconcluded talks, is however definitely not to the SEMPAMA’ liking.
Wage suspension threats and deterrents failed from breaking the strike. The ruling power consequently gave in and tackled negotiations. Courses partly resumed throughout some regions while the trade union struggle keeps going on in Antananarivo. In East Fenerive, the regional chief opened the high school’s gates to students although teachers are still striking. It all ended up into a riot in the city! High school students disrupted the ongoing private school courses. In Antananarivo, the high school students’ street demonstrations stopped following the grenade attack related propaganda.

The other pending hotspots of tension

The army’s non commissioned officers are fully satisfied; National education school teachers, not yet; and paramedics are now reviving their protest movement. This group is requiring the immediate application of the new scale of salaries. “During meetings with the Finance and Health ministerial departments, they were the ones, who set the index to 1200 in relation to the paramedics’ job” recalled the union’s president. During the days of strikes, minimum services will still be provided though.
Nurses and midwives knocked at the HAT’s doors, and doctors are currently emulating. The HAT made promises; the strike stopped in those days; the HAT has been proving unreliable in fulfilling its promises; so the strike resumes now.
The next ones on the list are the university professors, still claiming the next of the allowances not yet paid back by the government. Their money was generously offered by the ruling power to the armed forces; quite a logical move from the transitional dictatorship.  Some MGA 150 000 are still missing on pay checks out of the due MGA 800 000. The SECES, the university professors’ union agreed on bringing the 2012 academic year to an end before the end of May 2012. But no certainties may be held for granted concerning the next academic year.
After three years in office, Andry Rajoelina does not assume his responsibility into these growing multiple social crises. “They were not entitled to these benefits during a normal regime’s rule … The transition is not made to satisfy their claims” he argued while reminding that his state cannot afford anything.
 Rajoelina is actually the one depriving the country from possibilities by entrenching himself into a unilateral dictatorship. Although he was in no way elected, he undisputedly decided to decide on his own about whatever expense exceeding MGA 200 million. While closing his eyes on whatever realistic assessment of the situation, the ruling putsch maker keeps on blaming the current disaster on his democratically elected predecessors.