over time, the civil service will have their own vested interests and seek to oppose any challenge that threaten their perks.
this was the case in japan where they virtually author and implement policy while the politicians cut pork barrel deals with Uncle Sam watching the ex-soviet goons and chinks for any mischef.
similar in peasantpore, the civil service has managed to secured million dollar paycheques and will fight nail and tooth to cede any ground.
When NEA's Jiat Leow Bee, French cook Tan was exposed as a fool to work as a kitchen help for 45k, his fellow Perm Secs rallied to his defense and tell peasants to fark off. Their logic is simple, peasants should not begrude how they spent their undeserved handsome pay cheque. Lackey Chong went one step further and labelled peasants as lesser mortals with green eyes.
This showed the utter contempt that the upper echelons of the civil service has for peasants.