Respect decision to remove Shafiq, civil servants told
Civil servants have been urged to move forward and not make an issue out of the termination of Shafiq Abdullah. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Cuepacs has urged all civil servants to respect Putrajaya’s decision to remove Shafiq Abdullah as the director-general of public services (JPA).
Adnan Mat, president of the civil servants’ union federation, said the decision was made following procedures and therefore, it should be respected.
“We urge everyone, especially public servants, to move forward and not make an issue out of the termination to the point that it may affect the services rendered to the people,” he said in a statement.
He also urged others not to politicise the matter.
Earlier today, Chief Secretary Zuki Ali confirmed the termination of Shafiq’s services and said it had been done according to procedure.
Zuki said Shafiq would still be entitled to benefits as per Section 10(5)(d) of the Pensions Act 1980, where an officer’s employment had been terminated due to public interest.
Shafiq’s critics, who had leaked his purported termination letter yesterday, accused him of threatening government officers in order to shut them up, promoting staff at his whims and fancies, and dismissing some without reason.
In response, Shafiq vowed to take legal action over his removal from office, saying that he was disappointed by the government’s decision.
Shafiq said he only received his “pink slip” yesterday, although it was dated Dec 1. No reasonable notice for his termination was given, he said.
Shafiq was appointed the director-general of the JPA, the federal government’s central agency for the management of the country’s various public services, in February.
Before that, he served as the health ministry secretary-general.
PETALING JAYA: Cuepacs has urged all civil servants to respect Putrajaya’s decision to remove Shafiq Abdullah as the director-general of public services (JPA).
Adnan Mat, president of the civil servants’ union federation, said the decision was made following procedures and therefore, it should be respected.
“We urge everyone, especially public servants, to move forward and not make an issue out of the termination to the point that it may affect the services rendered to the people,” he said in a statement.
He also urged others not to politicise the matter.
Earlier today, Chief Secretary Zuki Ali confirmed the termination of Shafiq’s services and said it had been done according to procedure.
Zuki said Shafiq would still be entitled to benefits as per Section 10(5)(d) of the Pensions Act 1980, where an officer’s employment had been terminated due to public interest.
Shafiq’s critics, who had leaked his purported termination letter yesterday, accused him of threatening government officers in order to shut them up, promoting staff at his whims and fancies, and dismissing some without reason.
In response, Shafiq vowed to take legal action over his removal from office, saying that he was disappointed by the government’s decision.
Shafiq said he only received his “pink slip” yesterday, although it was dated Dec 1. No reasonable notice for his termination was given, he said.
Shafiq was appointed the director-general of the JPA, the federal government’s central agency for the management of the country’s various public services, in February.
Before that, he served as the health ministry secretary-general.
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