The Ombudsman is proposing amendments to the Veterans Act to include the Children of the Liberation Struggle and have the group benefit from projects established under the Veterans Fund.

The recommendation by the Ombudsman's office follows a complaint received by it from volunteer cleaners at the Health Ministry.

The volunteers expressed their dismay at the fact that members of the group were given permanent employment within the ministry, considered ahead of them and without having to go through the required public service recruitment process.