Gov't pay rise debacle: More heads should roll

COMMENT New Straits Times group managing editor A Jalil Hamid recently wrote an analysis of the recent changes in the civil service top leadership.

The article titled 'Of accountability in the civil service and putting people first' ended with the lines "those in the public service can now look forward to a better and a more rewarding career as the country marches towards meeting the Vision 2020. We can now put the dark episode behind us".

But has the dark episode ended? Although one prominent head has rolled, more were implicated in the salary revision debacle and should have been lopped off. Even with the latest attempt at salary revision, the basic problems besetting the civil service remain unresolved and continue to be kept out of the arena of public discussion and discourse...