Top civil servant strikes back on red tape

A top civil servant says calls for fewer civil servants and less bureaucracy from political parties across the spectrum are both unfair and unwise. ‘It’s like saying the work you do is not good enough,’ says health ministry chief Roel Bekker, in today’s Financieele Dagblad.

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