5,000 civil servants punished for 'errors'
5,000 civil servants punished for 'errors'
JAKARTA (JP): Over 5,000 civil servants have been punished
over the past two years for breaching rules, Minister for
Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi said yesterday.
In a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission II
for home affairs, Silalahi said between April 1994 and March
1996, his office received reports on 3,713 such cases.
Silalahi said most of the cases fell into the category of
indiscipline, of which there were 2,950 cases, followed by 362
reports of embezzlement of state money, 330 cases of abuse of
power, and 71 extortion cases.
He said of the 5,081 civil servants found guilty of breaching
the rules, 5,043, or 99.25 percent, got administrative punishment
and the remaining 38 were brought to court.
Silalahi did not specify the administrative action taken
against the erratic civil servants, but it generally refers to
being transferred to another post or postponement of promotion.
The minister also defended the government's policy of freezing
the growth of the civil service.
"The policy aims at saving the state budget and making it
possible to improve civil servants' welfare," Silalahi said.
The zero growth policy is also intended to improve the
distribution of the four million-strong civil servants, Silalahi
said.
Under the policy, the civil service accepts new employees only
to replace those who retire or die. The redistribution of civil
servants is attributed to priority of development, Silalahi said.
Silalahi said the government plans to improve the quality of
its employees by intensifying requirements for prospective
bureaucrats.
The civil service zero growth policy is part of the
government's efforts to trim the bureaucracy. (fai/pan)
JAKARTA (JP): Over 5,000 civil servants have been punished
over the past two years for breaching rules, Minister for
Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi said yesterday.
In a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission II
for home affairs, Silalahi said between April 1994 and March
1996, his office received reports on 3,713 such cases.
Silalahi said most of the cases fell into the category of
indiscipline, of which there were 2,950 cases, followed by 362
reports of embezzlement of state money, 330 cases of abuse of
power, and 71 extortion cases.
He said of the 5,081 civil servants found guilty of breaching
the rules, 5,043, or 99.25 percent, got administrative punishment
and the remaining 38 were brought to court.
Silalahi did not specify the administrative action taken
against the erratic civil servants, but it generally refers to
being transferred to another post or postponement of promotion.
The minister also defended the government's policy of freezing
the growth of the civil service.
"The policy aims at saving the state budget and making it
possible to improve civil servants' welfare," Silalahi said.
The zero growth policy is also intended to improve the
distribution of the four million-strong civil servants, Silalahi
said.
Under the policy, the civil service accepts new employees only
to replace those who retire or die. The redistribution of civil
servants is attributed to priority of development, Silalahi said.
Silalahi said the government plans to improve the quality of
its employees by intensifying requirements for prospective
bureaucrats.
The civil service zero growth policy is part of the
government's efforts to trim the bureaucracy. (fai/pan)