Head of Retirement Authority at the Palestinian Authority (PA) government Majed al-Helo announced on Wednesday that 7000 civil employees in the Gaza Strip were referred to early retirement in August.
In statements to Voice of Palestine radio Helo said that these employees were forced into early retirement because they work in ministries run by the government administrative committee formed by Hamas in Gaza.
He explained that the targeted employees received 40 to 70% of their salaries in accordance with standards set by the PA government’s Council of Ministers.
Head of the government administrative committee in Gaza Abdulsalam Siam two days ago announced a “plan” to address the repercussions of possible enforced retirement decisions waged by the PA president Mahmoud Abbas against the PA employees in the Gaza Strip.
Siam said that the number of the PA civil servants currently employed in Gaza is 11000 95% of whom are in the ministries of Health and Education.
The PA government led by Rami Hamdallah issued in July a decision targeting more than 6000 PA employees in Gaza for early retirement. Most of these employees work in the health and education sectors.
In April Abbas launched a series of punitive measures against the Gaza Strip targeting all aspects of life in the coastal enclave and two days ago he pledged to take even more similar measures.
