Impartiality

Read the newspaper this morning. There was a news regarding Sin Ming Chinese school in Puchong invited Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to a new classroom block opening ceremony yesterday. Due to the attendance of people from Pakatan, the education department has instructed the school headmaster and teachers not to attend the ceremony.

After the 12th general election, there are a few states control by the Pakatan. The Barisan government has instructed government servants not to follow the instruction of the Pakatan government. They are also not allow to attend any functions organize or participate by the Pakatan. This instruction has created a lot of problems for the government servants.

There are also similar problem with the Pakatan ruled states where they have taken control of the community halls in the kampongs and don’t allow Barisan members to use the community halls.

Since late January, there are two Menteri Besar in Perak, so whose instruction shall the government servants listen to? Since the case is still in the court, shall the government servants use their own judgement to serve the right Menteri Besar? If the lawyers and the judges are still debating on the issue how do you expect the government servants to make a right decision on their own?

We can expect problems with changing state government or maybe ruling government in the near future. The country is going through a political turbulence. The government may flip-flop between 2 parties like what happen to other develop countries. It is time for the government servants to remain impartial between the 2 parties.

Wikipedia wrotes “Impartiality is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons”.

Government servants shall execute their jobs professionally based on objective criteria regardless of who rules the government. Their service is for the people of Malaysia.

Schools should be free from political influence. Community hall should be open and use for the community and not by certain parties. Police should hold the principle of justice and act base on the decision by the courts.

When all the government servants can practice impartiality only then can we consider our country as a democratic country.