Government flip-flops on firing 70 top finance ministry staff
The government was scrambling to clarify its position on firing more than 70 senior staff at the finance ministry when Permanent Secretary Ismail Ali Manik, the finance ministry’s top civil servant, tendered his resignation.
17 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
The government was scrambling to clarify its position on firing more than 70 senior staff at the finance ministry after a top official resigned.
Permanent Secretary Ali Manik, the finance ministry’s top civil servant, tendered his resignation on Wednesday when he was ordered to fire more than 70 of his staff and dissolve crucial departments including the internal audit section.
The orders came from the president’s office.
Following Manik’s resignation, the president’s spokesman, Ibrahim Muaz Ali, rushed to assure senior “technical staff” that they would be given jobs elsewhere.
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