Should the constitutional post holders, members and commissioners of the constitutional offices resign from the civil service to work in the constitutional offices?
This is the main clause in the entitlement and service conditions amendment bill for the holders, members and commissioners of the constitutional offices of Bhutan 2014 that will be discussed for amendment.
The bill was introduced today in the National Assembly.
As per the Entitlement and Service Conditions Act for holders, members and commissioners of constitutional offices of Bhutan 2010, a person appointed as the holder, member and commissioner of a constitutional office shall resign from his/her previous office with post service benefits.
Introducing the bill, the Finance Minister, Namgay Dorji said the clause has severe implications in nominating and appointing competent civil servants as members and commissioners of constitutional offices. Lyonpo said some of them have to resign at a young age even when they could still serve for many years in the civil service. He added early resignations would only reduce the pool of competent civil servants.
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Lyonpo also said the candidates for the post of commissioners come mostly from the executive level of civil servants and there is no significant difference in incentives but rather they are losing jobs with greater security.
A few parliamentarians agreed that members of the constitutional offices should be allowed to serve in the civil service once their tenure in the constitutional offices ends.
While some said rather than amending the clause of resignation they said these positions in the constitutional offices should be given to competent senior civil servants who have reached the age of retirement.
The bill will be further deliberated in this session.
