Professional Views

When it comes to the financial management, public service in Malaysia practices the concept of let managers manage. This is rightly so as professional knowing the best what they have been entrusted to perform. The policy makers will set the policies and let the managers to execute the policies. The policy makers will monitor and review the performance. In other words, the views of professional are very much respected, if provided no untoward happenings. With the trust given, it is also rightly for the public officers to exercise higher integrity and perform the best out of his ability. Hence, also assuming full responsibility of the action taken. If this separation of roles and duties are clearly stated and observed in full, I presume that the pretext of politic interference will be diminished, or if not can be marginalised. However, the pledges given in the manifesto at recent concluded election proved me wrong. There are instances professional views being by-passed or over ruled. Some turned out to be decisions implementable with the political will in which the earliest professional views were set aside.