Make fun of civil service pomp and sycophants, says Rafizi
Former economy minister Rafizi Ramli has encouraged Malaysians to “make fun” of sycophancy and unnecessary events in the civil service on social media, saying it may help eradicate the current culture of pompous practices.
Recalling his first day as a minister, he said he was surprised by the number of people waiting at his beck and call when he reported for work.
“What the heck are you guys doing here? There were a bunch of people there. And I was just going to my office,” he told a public forum in Kuala Lumpur today.
Rafizi said reformists would have to “peel back” the civil service culture “bit by bit” as the culture had been inculcated over the years.
“In the past, if ministers came to work and no one waited for them to give them directions, there would be a…
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