Civil servants are the
persons assigned to a certain position at any department approved and
established by the State and they are also enjoying the salaries and allowances
from the State budget. Hence, all the civil servants must abide by the rules
and observe the codes of conduct without fail for serving the interests of the
State and the people. Moreover, despite the existence of any kind of and
provocations and coercions, they must dutifully and faithfully serve their
duties under any government.
At present, some civil
servants failed to serve the duties of the State due to hindrances,
disturbances, instigations, pressures, intimidations, and evil acts that are
harmful to individual rights and freedom and injurious to human value and
dignity committed by some aggressive persons with the intention of destroying
the government machinery. It is found that of them, the majority are taking
part without their wish as they are unable to repulse the threats and
pressures.
The State Administration
Council has set up and assigned administration bodies from region/state to
village levels for ensuring community peace and the rule of law. But the mobs
that are against peace and stability are imposing pressure on or even
threatening the life of the respective administrators, staging unruly protests,
tearing down the signboards of the administrators’ offices, and preventing
those administrators from going to their work. It is found that those mobs are
brazenly committing the lawless acts with confrontation form that may harm the
government’s administrative machinery in an aggressive way.
The above-mentioned lawless
acts are punishable by the following provisions of the penal code.
- Section 189 of Penal Code: A two-year imprisonment for
interrupting or threatening a public servant from discharging his/her duty.
- Section 124 (d) of Penal Code: A seven-year imprisonment for interrupting or
preventing government official and staff from discharging his/her duty.
- Section 505 (a) of Penal Code: A two-year imprisonment for
spoiling the enthusiasm, discipline, health and ethics of government service
personnel or officer.
The section 144 imposed by
the State Administration Council on 1 February 2021 was still effective on 26
February, and the Council had already showed tolerance in monitoring the
situation and had issued requests and warnings time and again during the
period. In view of protecting the interests of the State and the socio-economy
of the public, the Council will have to inevitably take effective action
against those who violate any one of the above mentioned sections.
Information
Team
State
Administration Council
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