The debate on the bill to remove the procedure for the Parliamentary Finance Committee to review the filling of promotion vacancies in the public and wider public sector, continued in the House Committee on Finance, with the trade unions present at the meeting calling for the ban on filling vacancies to be removed for all vacancies and not just for promotion posts.
A representative of the Department of Public Administration and Personnel at the Ministry of Finance said that the Ministry's intention is totable a bill as soon as possible to completely abolish the relevant ban on filling vacancies in the public and wider public sector, covering both promotion and first appointment and first appointment and promotion posts.
Regarding the view that the lifting of the ban will coincide with the election period, which we are in, the Ministry of Finance spokeswoman said that with the lifting of the ban on filling vacancies, the positions will be published in the first quarter of 2023.
The law proposal was submitted by Harris Georgiades, Onoufrios Koulla and Savia Orphanidou on behalf of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Rally and Christiana Erotokritou and Chrysis Pantelidis on behalf of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party.
In statements after the meeting, Committee Chairwoman Christiana Erotokritou said that "based on the experience to date, it seems that it is counterproductive for the Finance Committee to control the promotion positions", adding that with the proposed law "we (DIKO and DISY) are trying to correct this situation".
"Most of the stakeholders agree with this law proposal," he said, adding that "various demands for the future, various intentions or various wishes whether these will be handled - will be handled by the executive and not by the Finance Committee."
Source: CNA
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