About 6,000 expelled from government jobs

The federal government has expelled about 6,000 public officials for involvement in activities that violate laws on civil service, according to the latest survey released today (Oct. 10) by the Ministry of Transparency, Oversight, and Comptroller-General.

According to the report, 5,043 government officials were terminated; 467 had their retirement revoked, and 532 were dismissed from their appointed positions between 2003 and September 2016. These figures do not cover statistics for employees of state-run organisations.

According to the ministry, the main reason for the expulsions was evidence of involvement in corruption-related activities, accounting for 4,013 or 65.4% of the total enforced penalties. Job abandonment, absenteeism, or illegal dual office holding ranked next with 1,395 cases.

The largest number of expelled civil servants worked for the Ministry of Social and Agrarian Development, the Ministry of Justice and Citizenship, and the Ministry of Education.

Translated by Mayra Borges