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| Member of Parliament for Hoarafushi constituency, Mr. Ahmed Saleem. | Photo: Majilis Website |
Last month a social media uproar took against the Member of Parliament for Hoarafushi constituency Mr. Ahmed Saleem for calling citizens working in Civil Service sector of Maldives as “faceless and voiceless” people.
Below is the full transcript of the remarks made by the Member of Parliament for Hoarafushi constituency Mr. Ahmed Saleem about Maldivian Civil Servants at the Parliament regarding a bill to amend the Civil Service Act.
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The person working in
Civil Service is someone who has to live by a certain limit, certain code of conduct
and a certain discipline. Can’t write whatever they want. Can’t say whatever
they want. The individual is a faceless person according to experts. The
individual is a voiceless person. The person has to shut up from the moment the
work contract is signed, util in the grave. Can’t write whatever they want on
Facebook. Can’t talk whatever they want where ever they want. That’s a
professional person.
The moment they sign
their Civil Service agreements, they are consenting that they have no issue
with the freedom of speech they are granted by the constitution being taken
away. The individual agrees to this. They are people who know extra information
about the office. More than what the general public would know. The privilege
is there. With that, there are standards to which they should abide by.
How many Civil Servants
among us are able to uphold the value of their profession? Even this morning I
received a post on Facebook by a Civil Servant, supporting a specific political
candidate. They cannot! With such things happening again and again, it ends up
diminishing the confidence regarding the services of the government.
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However, later on the presenter turned MP, Mr. Ahmed Saleem via a tweet apologized to those
who had been offended by his remarks about Maldivian Civil Servants. Furthermore,
MP Saleem said that if anyone had keenly listened to his speech in parliament,
they will notice the part which he had also highlighted the critical role of
civil servants in building the nation.
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