COMMENT | Civil service in new govt can make or break it

“Civil servants have an extraordinary genius for wrapping up a simple idea to make it sound extremely complicated.” - Quote from yes minister

COMMENT | One of the first tasks that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim undertook was to address the Prime Minister’s Department and civil servants in government service to bring them around to be part of the new team in Putrajaya.

He extolled them to embrace the change that was coming with the new administration he was helming.

One possible reason he addressed this service was that the PTD/civil service has been accused of being reluctant to serve the Pakatan Harapan government during its first tenure between 2018 and 2020.

Some have even accused the civil servants of...