Government to heed civil service affairs
Government to heed civil service affairs
JAKARTA (JP): The government is determined to pay more
attention to civil servant development in a bid to help improve
efficiency, professionalism and services to the public.
More attention is significantly needed to ease further
pressure on the government due to uncontrolled recruitment of
civil servants, a coordination meeting on peoples' welfare said
on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the State Ministry of Administrative
Reforms and the Institute of State Personnel Administration set
the qualifications for recruitment and screening.
State Minister of Administrative Reforms M. Feisal Tamin said
after the meeting that this determination was expected to reduce
collusion in civil servant recruitment.
"That's why we still find inefficiency and unprofessionalism
in the way civil servants work. This condition has led to
widespread corruption, collusion and nepotistic practices, where
civil servants are no longer sensitive to the public's poor
economic and social condition.
"This condition also generates the high cost of the economy
which in the end will decrease people's faith in the government,"
he said, adding that it would affect the government's authority.
Feisal reiterated that several strict measures would be taken
in the near future to correct the recent condition, including the
review of all legal measures and other regulations and
presidential decrees issued on civil servant affairs.
He said that he had instructed all state institutions to
submit data and track records of their civil servants to enable
his office to make crosscheck appraisals on their remuneration,
promotion, salary or even dismissal.
The government has also determined to go with the minus growth
recruitment system of civil servants to reach the ideal number of
less than 2 percent from the entire population of 210 million,
except for particular institutions which need more employees.
"The number of new recruits is designed to be less than those
entering their retirement age. This year we will prioritize
recruitments to be medical practitioners, teachers who are
desperately needed in remote areas, wardens, judges, prosecutors
and others for strategic institutions," Feisal said.
Coordinating Minister for Peoples' Welfare Jusuf Kalla said
that within the last six months, the government had succeeded in
reducing the number of civil servants from over 4 million in
March to 3.9 million this month.
"We're focusing on service, not the quantity of civil
servants," he said.
"The government will design a new system where civil servants
will have a role in maintaining the nation's integrity," Jusuf
said. (bby)