Truant civil servants must go: Minister

Truant civil servants must go: Minister

MANADO: State Minister for Administrative Reforms Faisal Tamin said civil servants who do not report to work for 12 consecutive days should be dismissed.

"They are unproductive and hamper the government's service to the public," Faisal was quoted by Antara as saying during a meeting with civil servants and local officials in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Tuesday.

Attending the meeting were North Sulawesi Governor A.J. Sondakh, Vice Governor Fredy H. Sualang, echelon II and III officials and civil servants from the provincial administration.

According to Faisal, at least 75 percent of the country's four million civil servants are high school graduates or below.

He also said that of the 40 million unemployed people in Indonesia, at least 500,000 were university graduates. --Antara