‘Civil servants must maintain their professionalism and neutrality, and serve the government of the day’

What is civil service neutrality? It means that civil servants must be non-partisan. They must serve whoever is the elected government of the day. They must be responsible and responsive to the government’s policies. They must obey the lawful political wishes of whomever is in power and serve governments of any party with the same degree of commitment. At the same time, they must exhibit political impartiality. They must not campaign for or against a political party. It need not be said that they must not misuse state resources or state powers for partisan political purposes.

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