Employees of the Digital Security Authority (DSA) staged a two-hour warning strike on Wednesday, from 09:00 to 11:00, protesting the non-submission of the Authority’s budget to Parliament by the Ministry of Finance. As a result of the delay, staff have not been paid for the month of March, according to the Communications Commissioner Employees’ Union.

In an official statement, the Union expressed strong frustration and protest over what it described as the “unacceptable situation” faced by the employees of the Digital Security Authority. It noted that although the Authority’s budget was submitted to the Finance Ministry in July 2024, it has yet to be tabled before Parliament.

The Union’s sectoral council stated that this bureaucratic failure constitutes an affront to the dignity and work of the Authority’s employees, attributing it to administrative negligence by those responsible—officials who, it emphasized, do not face similar issues, as their own budgets were approved as early as December.

“The patience of the council has run out,” the statement read. The Union warned that if there is no immediate and substantive response in the coming days, it reserves the right to take further action without prior notice, including additional strikes and escalated protest measures.

“The dignity and the right of our colleagues to be paid for their work is of primary and vital importance to our sector and is not up for negotiation,” the council concluded.