Rebuild civil service integrity

A NEW Government has taken over Putrajaya and the civil service should welcome it with open arms as it heralds the beginning of a new administration and public governance.

Instead of the feeling of euphoria to work for the new Government, the civil service is now enveloped with trepidation and uncertainty due to the performance of a few senior officers who failed to observe the cardinal rule of neutrality in discharging their duties. The fallout from this failure is a tainted image of a civil service that is suffering a trust and credibility deficit.