Letters to the Editor
Promotions to reward party loyalists
In a recent move, the government has promoted 345 deputy secretaries to the posts of joint secretary. Only in last March, 182 senior assistant secretaries were elevated to the rank of deputy secretary. It is also learnt that the third round of promotion of joint secretaries as additional secretaries is under process. The funny thing is that these large scale promotions are not against the available vacant posts; rather the promoted officials hold their current charges while they enjoy the status, salaries and benefits of the higher positions.
A widely circulated national daily published the comments of three former cabinet secretaries on this promotion. Every one of them pointed to the adverse impact of such political promotions, which they feared, will not only drain public money but also ruin the administration by demoralising efficient, experienced and high performing public servants. They have been denied their rights. The sole criterion for these promotions has been the loyalty of the officials concerned to the ruling party. As an elected body, the government should know that the general people have not given it the right to make such misuse of public money.
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