UNB, Dhaka :
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to take step to revise several provisions of the Bangladesh Civil Service Act 2017 drafted by the Ministry of Public Administration.
TIB finds some of the provisions risky for ensuring the work environment for the government employees.
TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman issued a statement in this regard on Wednesday.
TIB also urged the concerned authorities to review several provisions of the draft law to ensure the professional excellence of the government employees and neutrality beyond the politicization and uninterrupted work environment.
At the same time, TIB called for eliciting stakeholders’ views through participatory interactions and publication of the draft on website prior finalizing the ACT.
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said, “The drafted act is a long-awaited and timely initiative. However, the revision of several provisions of the draft law is needed to ensure the proper environment for the employees. The employees should be evaluated on the basis of better professionalism, talent, expertise and experience-based assessment, and especially in the public administration, without any political interruption.”
Mentioning the special jurisdiction of the President in the provision of appointing ten percent employees in the highest four levels in contract basis as the cause of the increase for the risk of grouping and reducing professionalism in the public administration, Iftekharuzzaman said.
“If the scope of ‘satisfactory’ promotion is not enforced without specific criteria, then the democracy, efficiency and experience of the public administration will be depreciated and the professional development will be hampered.” Moreover, the provision to fire the employees without any reason to any employee at any time after the completion of 25 from employment years is also risky, Dr Iftekharuzzaman said.
The use of the official word ‘Government’ in the title of the draft law, instead of the Republic, is contrary to the constitutional spirit. Iftekharuzzaman said that according to section 8, the government’s desire to control the government employees will constrain the political division in the public administration by narrowing the possibility of objectivity. He said, “Despite the provisions of Article 197 (1) of the Criminal Procedure, the provisions for the government’s permission to arrest before filing a charge and a case against an officer and employee on duty is discriminatory and contrary to the constitution.”
He thinks that there is a need for detailed discussions on the provision for reinforcement of the employees according to the special permission of the President.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to take step to revise several provisions of the Bangladesh Civil Service Act 2017 drafted by the Ministry of Public Administration.
TIB finds some of the provisions risky for ensuring the work environment for the government employees.
TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman issued a statement in this regard on Wednesday.
TIB also urged the concerned authorities to review several provisions of the draft law to ensure the professional excellence of the government employees and neutrality beyond the politicization and uninterrupted work environment.
At the same time, TIB called for eliciting stakeholders’ views through participatory interactions and publication of the draft on website prior finalizing the ACT.
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said, “The drafted act is a long-awaited and timely initiative. However, the revision of several provisions of the draft law is needed to ensure the proper environment for the employees. The employees should be evaluated on the basis of better professionalism, talent, expertise and experience-based assessment, and especially in the public administration, without any political interruption.”
Mentioning the special jurisdiction of the President in the provision of appointing ten percent employees in the highest four levels in contract basis as the cause of the increase for the risk of grouping and reducing professionalism in the public administration, Iftekharuzzaman said.
“If the scope of ‘satisfactory’ promotion is not enforced without specific criteria, then the democracy, efficiency and experience of the public administration will be depreciated and the professional development will be hampered.” Moreover, the provision to fire the employees without any reason to any employee at any time after the completion of 25 from employment years is also risky, Dr Iftekharuzzaman said.
The use of the official word ‘Government’ in the title of the draft law, instead of the Republic, is contrary to the constitutional spirit. Iftekharuzzaman said that according to section 8, the government’s desire to control the government employees will constrain the political division in the public administration by narrowing the possibility of objectivity. He said, “Despite the provisions of Article 197 (1) of the Criminal Procedure, the provisions for the government’s permission to arrest before filing a charge and a case against an officer and employee on duty is discriminatory and contrary to the constitution.”
He thinks that there is a need for detailed discussions on the provision for reinforcement of the employees according to the special permission of the President.
