Almotamar.net - The Yemeni minister for civil service and securities Hamoud al-Soufi on Wednesday said implementation of the second stage of wages and salaries strategy president Ali Abdullah Saleh gave his directives to carry out would cost the state general treasury around YR 100 billion.

Al-Soufi added that the due increment of the second stage of the strategy will be spent with salaries of October 2007.

On his evaluation of the success of the first stage of the strategy al-Soufi told almotamar.net that no doubt the 1st stage of the strategy faced difficulties mainly the interests that were related to previous systems of wages that tried to undermine implementation of the first stage and those difficulties were expected, taking into account that reforms are faced by strong resistance.

The minister considered support of the political leadership to his ministry was a decisive factor in the success of the first phase.

Regarding arrangements of his ministry for the implementation of the second stage of the wages strategy he said they have been taken at an earlier time through contacting units of the public service for preparing the dues for the second stage.

The minister added that any administrative unit that would be slow in its measures it would cause delay in the possibility of paying the increase in October, increases will be spent to the units that have already finished their measures. That does not mean depriving those employees of the increment but it will be delayed and this is just a supposition. He said it is not expected that units of the civil service to deal negatively after the decisions of the government and directives of the president.