Unfinished Agenda of the 18th Amendment I

Описание: The #18thAmendment promised #decentralization and devolution of powers, but has that been implemented in its full essence as yet? The ministries that were to be devolved from the federal level to provinces still operate under the ambit of the federal government. There is great debate surrounding the National Finance Commission award every year, but the missing Provincial Finance Commission and resource division as per the #PFC award are not even discussed.
The 18th Amendment requires the federal #government to shrink, and federal miniseries to be reduced. The ability to create new ministries and agencies is seriously limited given that it represents expenditures.

Without local government the constitution remains incomplete. The
provincial government must devolve to local governments and stop
#MNAs and #MPAs from providing local service and playing local
politics.
The spirit of local government is decentralization. This means an end to all centralizing forces. For example Federal civil service needs to be restricted to the federation as should the provincial civil service. Local government services need to be created as needed.
Local government #law must be written for a flat local govt without large privileges and layers to prevent participation. Moreover, it should contain some limiting factors on the wealthy and politically powerful capturing local government.
The current practice of a few civil servants controlling all agencies using performance appraisal as a tool must end. Institutional autonomy is an important aspect of modern governance. Performance must be monitored by elected bodies at all levels but as an executive board.
Democracy requires that the PSDP be depoliticized. For this reason, we need a law prohibiting the use of all PSDPs for political ends. Let the PSDP at federal and provincial levels be dedicated to development needs as determined by parliament strategies, not individual political strategies.

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