Departure of Dr. Kawol: "A Signal of Fear Sent to Civil Servants"

This controversy arises in the wake of the premature retirement of Dr. Dhanandjay Kawol, the Secretary for Public Service. His departure has sent shockwaves through the upper echelons of the civil service, where several executives privately refer to it as a "worrying precedent" for the administrative independence of the state.

The career civil servant was asked to leave his position last Thursday, just a few weeks after the circulation of a circular regarding...