Ex-chief secretary calls for new law to protect civil service
Former officials of the executive and diplomatic provider have advised the brand new authorities to legislate a Public Services Act to keep away from political interference in appointments to the expert civil provider.
The inspiration changed into contained in an open letter to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from the Administrative and Diplomatic Officers Alumni Association.
The affiliation additionally referred to as for a overview of salaries and perks for the ones serving withinside the management and withinside the public services, Bernama reported.
The remuneration and emolument programs need to be commensurate with the applicable jobs, qualifications and overall performance even as nonetheless being low cost to the authorities, stated former leader secretary Abdul Halim Ali, who’s president of the affiliation.
The affiliation contains former administrative and diplomatic officials, the maximum senior of these withinside the federal civil provider. Halim, a former senior profession diplomat, served as leader secretary to the authorities – the expert head of the civil provider – from 1988 to 2001.
He stated the brand new regulation could assist create a expert civil provider with a clean delineation of capabilities, electricity and authority among the management and the civil provider.
“It is of critical significance to keep away from any political interference in public provider appointments, in addition to in administrative and economic management, specially withinside the award of contracts.
“Audit findings factor to regular leakages and good sized losses incurred with the aid of using the authorities because of non-adherence to economic widespread running techniques because of such interference,” he stated.
Halim stated all secretaries-standard of ministries and heads of departments have to be allowed to carry out their capabilities and fulfil their obligations with out worry or favour.
He stated the affiliation additionally desired a complete institutional and organisational overview of the civil provider to be undertaken with the aid of using the brand new authorities in mild of speedy technological changes, the virtual revolution and international megatrends.
Halim stated the brand new authorities and the civil provider have to paintings in tandem to reaffirm the exercise of excellent governance via reviewing the General Orders, Financial General Orders and different applicable guidelines and guidelines withinside the spirit of “Bersih, Cekap dan Amanah” – the slogan utilized by the Dr Mahathir Mohamad authorities of the Eighties and 1990s.
The affiliation additionally encouraged that each civil servant take an Oath of Service as evidence in their dedication in the direction of excellent governance and integrity and that each the management and civil provider be definitely devoted to combating corruption, which changed into a severe subject amongst Malaysians.
On the monetary recuperation process, Halim advised that the authorities and the civil provider paintings collectively to remedy issues together with the growing price of residing and the dearth of jobs.
The new authorities have to additionally be greater severe approximately austerity measures and provide precedence to enhancing the general public provider shipping system.
