THE ADVISERS GET THE PAY, BUT WHAT IS THEIR EFFECTIVENESS?
For the minister who smokes a pipe during vacations lokd
Our country is going through a difficult period, but also a very delicate one at this moment. Effort is needed to cope both with the severe economic situation and with the solution of pressing political and social problems. Naturally, each of us must think hard about how to move forward better, how to get out of this situation more quickly. It must be understood, considered, and worked on in this direction. That is how it should be. As has been stated, the government has based its work on a number of experts and advisers. It is only natural for a minister, a deputy minister, or even the prime minister to have people knowledgeable in certain fields close at hand for the problems that arise. But what are the results of these advisers? Is the compensation they receive justified?
Instead of contributing to the solution of problems, these advisers have often turned into office decorations. Meanwhile, they are being paid. The public rightly asks what they do, where their thinking is visible, and where their effectiveness lies in advancing reforms and overcoming the crisis.
In some ministries and central institutions, the impression has been created that advisers deal more with formalities than with the substance of the work. If this is true, then we are dealing with an unjustified luxury under today's conditions.
Responsibility, transparency, and accountability are required. Public opinion expects to know how many they are, how much they are paid, and what concrete results they have brought to the administration and to the economy.