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VP and state officials discuss payment of public employee salaries
[24/08/2017 03:10]
RIYADH-SABA
Vice President Lt. Gen. Ali Mohsen Saleh has discussed with Prime Minister Ahmed bin-Daghr and the Minister of Civil Service Abdul-Aziz Jubari in Riyadh on Thursday the payment of salaries to public civil servants, a necessary step to alleviate people's suffering caused by the Saleh-Houthi militias' coup.
The Vice President affirmed the interest in alleviating poverty and famine caused by the militias' confiscation of salaries and imposing of prohibitive various levies on the people.
The Vice President ordered the government to pay the salaries as per the orders of President Abu R. Mansour Hadi.
The talks addressed the mechanism of paying the salaries while ensuring the continuity of cash supply to cover the payments on time.