The multisectoral technical commission in charge of investigating and ironing out the inconsistencies arising from the implementation of the Single Salary Table (TSU) proposed on Tuesday that the government reduce the salaries and benefits of state leaders and sovereign bodies.

The proposal comes after the Council of Ministers, in its first session of the year, considered the preliminary report on the impact of the TSU on last year's accounts.

"The [commission] has recommended that the government reduce the remuneration, which includes salaries, supplements and perks, of the senior managers of the state and sovereign bodies," said the spokesman for the meeting, Inocêncio Impissa. "The commission suggests reducing the amounts, but it doesn't say how much. It's not conclusive."

The proposal aims to reduce the discrepancies in salaries seen in the process of implementing the TSU for employees with lower salary levels, Impissa said.

The commission also proposed evaluating the legal compliance of the amounts paid to state officials and agents in December; evaluating and distributing individual salary slips "containing information on the final framework of officials, their salaries, supplements and respective deductions as part of the conclusion of the framework process".

Furthermore, the experts recommend that the government continue the process of analyzing and updating the sectoral and national professional qualifiers in order to adjust them to the legal framework in force.

"This measure will make it possible to respond to the various questions raised by different professional groups and officials, whether individually or collectively, about their careers, management processes and positions," the spokesman explained.

It also recommends the payment of supplements to members of provincial assemblies under the system in which they are processed (attendance tickets).

The TSU Technical Commission has 15 days to present concrete measures for the proposals, so that wages can be paid in the most correct way in January, said Impissa, stressing that the government has complied with all the recommendations.