After the free and democratic elections of December 1999, the new democratic regime was obliged to pay more than 12 months of salary in arrears for civil servants, pensions and scholarships.
在1999年12月的自由和民主选举之后，新的民主政权又不得不支付拖欠了12个多月的公务员薪金、养恤金和奖学金。