Buku Media JPA 2020

KUALA LUMPUR - Penjawat awam dilarang sama sekali daripada menghadiriatauterlibatdalamsebarang perhimpunan berkaitan politik serta membuat apa-apa pernyataan awam. Ketua Pengarah Perkhidmatan Awam (KPPA), Datuk Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman berkata, penjawat awam juga dilarang mengedar atau menularkan berita palsu dalam media sosial atau sebarang medium komunikasi yang lain serta melakukan perkara-perkara bertentangan dengan kehendak dan ketetapan undang-undang dan dasar kerajaan yang berkuat kuasa. “Penjawat awammestilahmengekalkan pendirian ‘apolitical’ dan berkecuali. “Saya juga memohon agar semua penjawat awam untuk bertenang dan meneruskan tugas mengikut undang- undangdandasarkerajaanyangberkuat kuasa,” katanya menerusi edaran surat yang bertarikh 25 Februari 2020 kepada semua Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian dan Ketua Jabatan Persekutuan. Mohd Khairul Adib menegaskan, penjawat awam perlu terus menjunjung dan mempertahankan taat setia kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong dengan melaksanakan tugas seperti yang telah dipertanggungjawabkan. Penjawat awam juga perlu memastikan semua sistem penyampaian kerajaan terus berjalan lancar dan rakyat seharusnya mendapat perkhidmatan berkualiti seperti sedia ada. Isnin lepas, negara dikejutkan dengan peletakan jawatan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sebagai Perdana Menteri. Kemudian Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Datuk Seri Mohd Zuki Ali dalam kenyataan berkata, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah telah berkenan menerima peletakan jawatan itu dan melantik Dr Mahathir sebagai Perdana Menteri interim sementara menunggu pelantikan perdana menteri yang baharu. Mohd Zuki memaklumkan Al-Sultan Abdullah, atas nasihat Perdana Menteri turut berkenan membatalkan pelantikan menteri-menteri dan sehubungan itu, tugas-tugas anggota pentadbiran (merangkumi timbalan perdana menteri, menteri, timbalan menteri dan setiausaha politik) adalah terhentipada tarikh yang sama. - Bernama BERNAMA | | 26 Februari 2020 Penjawat awam dilarang hadir, terlibat perhimpunan politik Steadfastly neutral and apolitical March 10, 2020 LETTERS: “We serve the government of the day” is a familiar phrase that has long being woven into the fabric of the civil service. An ethos instilled within and upheld by those who signed up for government service. Advocating such a principle has gone blindingly obvious in the backdrop of mature democracy and the recent political turbulence. Amid the political wobble, the government machinery in ministries, departments and agencies remains intact. For us, the civil servants, it is still business as usual. We stand impartial, continue doing our work while offices and operations return to a semblance of normalcy. This is the epitome of professionalism and non-partisanship at work. Ultimately, democracy necessitates the civil service to be consciously and studiously neutral, come what may. Even in dire straits, civil servants must take an unbiased position while upholding the rule of law without fear and favour in accordance with the Constitution. We are also overwhelmed by the unprecedented political feuds, and like many, are also personally impacted and similarly concerned over how the rift would end. The worry is justifiable because we have seen how things had turned ugly after governments in other countries changed overnight. The infuriated could easily slip beyond the periphery of outrage, jump onto the activism bandwagon and spark riots. The civil servants in Malaysia remain composed because of the responsibility we are entrusted with and the pride to uphold our professionalism that is above everything else. We execute what we are expected to with professionalism — to assist and administer, to engage and disengage, to respond and question, to act and conduct, to adapt and adopt. After all, that is what a pragmatic civil service comes down to — being able to serve with integrity and to the best of one’s ability. Just because we exercise our right to vote and cast our ballot during the election, it does not mean that apolitism is a myth. Likewise, being fully entitled to vote does not mean our political leanings should stand in the way of executing any of the government’s policies, goals and agenda. Although our choice as an individual singularly impact us and may potentially impact the larger system, that does not prompt us to violate the values we firmly hold to while serving the government of the day, whatever the political inclination is. No matter how boiling hot the political cauldron is, we should sit composedly on the fence. There has already been countless discussions about the direction of the country. While many are still baffled, perplexed, unsettled or still trying to internalise what had happened with the political saga, we, the civil servants continue to buckle down and get our hands to the plough. Ideally, the door must swing both ways — as much as the civil servants should faithfully serve the government of the day, the government of the day should also respect our impartiality. Put succinctly, against all adversity, civil servants must always be mindful of the word “servant” that we carry. Our moral compass should be set clear to serve the nation through the government of the day with equal degree of commitment, whatever the political ideology is. Let us all stay impartial and deliver what we say we will. DR ZURINA MOKTAR Putrajaya 39