It is a bit ironic that on the day when Miri Regev announces that "the age of the officials is over", the appointed director general of the Ministry of Health is a "super official", one that both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health see as an exclusive address, and that - apparently - he will do something about it.
Apparently there are officials - and there are officials.
It is easy for the media, the opposition and tweeters to underestimate the appointment of Esnat Mark as the director general of the Ministry of Science, and to come down on Moshe Ben Zaken who is trying to get himself into the Ministry of Transportation. Is this a good sign? This is already a "legitimate" appointment, even if it is accompanied by a lack of social sensitivity, piggishness and general crushing The ethics and proper administration of jobs in government offices.
It would be interesting to find out if the talented finance boy, Moshe Bar Siman Tov, would approve "Barsi" a salary of NIS 90,000 from the public purse - double and more than his equivalent CEOs in other ministries. According to financier Bar Siman Tov, in 2023 - which is expected to be It's so difficult financially - should such a salary be approved with a wave of the hand without conducting any discussion at headquarters and inter-ministerial budget work? Where does the courage come from?
Won a credit in the first year of the Corona virus, Bar Siman Tov // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
Bar Siman Tov enjoyed flattering media, to say the least, during the first year of the Corona epidemic.
He made an exit from the office at exactly the right time to preserve his perfect image, the one that makes him think that he deserves to get drunk like a hospital manager - even though he is not a doctor, and has not gone through the endless road of slander that managers and doctors go through in their careers.
Kobi Bar Natan, who is in charge of salaries at the Ministry of Finance, has been reminding Bar Siman Tov and the minister in charge of him, Bezalel Smotrich, in recent days that the double salary the new CEO will receive will come directly from our taxes. The sharp letter Bar Natan sent in this regard will not be able to be ignored, but an incarnation The decision for the Ministers of Health and Finance does not bode well. We have already learned that in today's political climate in Israel - anything is possible, including arbitrary ratification of doubling, tripling, or squaring wages.
And what about the other CEOs? And what about the account to the public? Less critical when it comes to "Barsi".
The end of the era of officials?
Not sure, Miri Regev (archive), photo: Coco
The public sector deserves the best CEOs. The popular argument is that good people will not reach the government offices if we do not know how to reward them as in "citizenship", and that the private market will kidnap them. But the reality is a little different.
Bar Siman Tov led Israel's initial fight against Corona and was perceived as having led a successful operation at an international level.
For many months, he became the most popular figure in Israel.
After a year, he left for the private sector.
It has been "hijacked" by the private market and the giant companies, but in this field it is the bottom line that counts.
And we have a U-turn ahead of us: with all due respect to the competition of the private market, those who have become accustomed to suckling public money, find it difficult to wean themselves off of it quickly.
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