GOVERNMENT is fond of putting civil servants at the forefront of international scrutiny with an intention to cover their failures, Opposition MP Salote Radrodro said in Parliament yesterday.
Mrs Radrodro said civil servants were always blamed for poor service delivery.
“Civil servants are always punching bags, and when things are not rosy, just like in this case, they are sent by their political masters to face the brunt of international scrutiny and at the same time always being blamed for poor service delivery at home,” she said.
She asked why the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation did not attend a recent UN meeting in Geneva when there were reports of children raping children and of eight women who lost their lives.
“But based on the presentation by acting director for women, the glaring horrific fatalities are negative performance indicators which clearly reflect that the gender policy and women plan of action are quite useless because they have not been given the needed resources for effective implementation.”
