There was an interview held by Malaysiakini recently with the chief secretary to the government. The gist of the interview was that “ the civil servants have to be loyal” to the government of the day.

What was indeed astonishing and beyond comprehension of all right thinking people was the statement by Mohd Sidek Hassan that the Perak state secretary Abdul Rahman Hashim “was following the rules as a civil servant. I would have done perhaps the same thing. As a civil servant you have to do what you think is right under the circumstances and reading the rules”.

To another question posed by Malaysiakini namely, “So he has to abide by the state's decision?”, he said the following:

“Exactly, but I suppose this was a special case seeing that you know, at that time, there was a judgement call. And according to that call, because we don't know which one to choose... he was following the rules as a civil servant.”

It is clearly apparent that the leadership of the civil service has lost its purpose, as according to Sidek they do not know the meaning of service to a government and we can safely presume that they will sell their service to the highest bidder.

We have learned over the years that any position of power vested in the hands of an individual is to be considered an honour and a privilege. This is particularly so in the civil service because their acts and conduct ultimately affects the lives the people who voted the government into office.

Now we can see that the civil service is packed with people of no character. This is not a presumption. It is a fact and it has been unequivocally stated and confirmed by none other that the chief secretary of the federal government. It is apparent that the current leaders in the civil service do not examine their own consciousness on the route they take in executing the trust given on them.

The following is a quote from one Rumi’s poems:

“If thou wilt be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action. Be observant if thou wouldst have a pure heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action.”

As such it is now clear to us that from the acts and actions of Abdul Rahman, he has committed an act of treason. He has grossly violated the honour and the privilege entrusted in him and he should be removed from office along with others like him.