Impasse over administrative federalism

Confusion regarding provincial autonomy over public services is constitutionally unwarranted.

On January 10, while responding to the State Affairs and Good Governance Parliamentary Committee, Chairperson Madhav Prasad Ghimire of the Federal Public Service Commission stated the indefensible. His suggestion that “provincial secretaries and chief administrative officers (CAOs) for local governments should be federal government employees”, is not only unwarranted but also contradicts the federal constitution of 2015.