BOFEPUSU wants Morupisi, Maphorisa arrested
Goitsemodimo Kaelo | Tuesday April 25, 2017 18:00
This comes after Government went ahead and paid salaries of public officers inclusive of three and four percent salary adjustment for the financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18 respectively.
A Court order from the Gaborone High Court recently interdicted Government from awarding the increment unilaterally and declaring such unlawful.
In the Court papers filed yesterday afternoon, BOFEPUSU says that the first and second respondent’s conduct in this matter is compounded by the fact that the two are high-ranking public officials who are duty bound to protect and uphold the law.
The Union further argues that the Court order interdicted and restrained the two taking any steps in furtherance of payments of public officers that are inclusive of the increments that the Court has set aside.
“The Government went ahead to make payments for public officers inclusive of the increments in disregard of the Court order.
The payments have now left a disparity between unionised and non-unionised public officers for the employees doing the same job,” reads the Court papers.
The Union, through their attorney, Mboki Chilisa also says that the disparity cannot be left to continue due to the impact it has on the applicant, who are currently losing members.
It further argues that the first and second respondent deliberately failed to comply with the Court order.