Our View: Ministers show bravery in taking on civil service sick leave cheats

We do not often hear politicians speak critically of the abuse of rights by public servants. It was therefore a very pleasant surprise to hear two ministers bring up the abuses of sick leave by public employees, which they had discussed at a meeting on Monday.

After the meeting, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said there were public employees who were absent from their jobs on sick leave “for many, many years.” There was a coastguard employee who was on sick leave because he had a...