FEB.

1, 2012 DATE

NR # 2666B
REF. NO.

House okays measure establishing a career executive system

The House of Representatives has approved on the third and final reading a measure establishing a Career Executive System, which mandates the infusion of well-selected and development-oriented public managers to improve the countrys Career Executive Service. House Bill 5624 authored by Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro) seeks to provide a strong, competent and accountable corps of public managers who possess the necessary expertise and responsive leadership to meet the needs of the time. Rodriguez said the Career Executive System (CES) is a system of professionalization and career development of the executive and managerial component of the third level in the career service. It covers all executive and managerial positions in the third level in the executive, legislative and judicial branches, including constitutional offices and such other equivalent positions as may be identified by the Board, Rodriguez said. Entry and advancement in the CES shall be governed by the principles of merit and fitness and other requirements as may be prescribed by the Board through the CSC. The CES shall be essentially characterized by the principles of merit and fitness, security of tenure and mobility, Rodriguez explained. Rep. Amado Bagatsing (5th District, Manila), a co-author, said the bill will ensure an effective, efficient and responsible administration of the managerial and executive class within the third level to maintain continuity and stability in the bureaucracy. The bill shall give way to the creation of a Career Executive System Board under the administrative supervision of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), which shall be the policy-making body of the CES, Bagatsing said. Bagatsing said the Board shall be responsible for the implementation of the policies, rules, regulations, decisions, directives and instructions pertaining to the third level of the career service. Rep. Roilo Golez (2nd District, Paraaque) said the executive and managerial component of the civil service plays a significant role in the bureaucracy since they have a direct hand both in the formulation and implementation of policies. It is a constitutional mandate for the State to establish a career service and adopt measures that promote morale, efficiency, integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness, and courtesy in the civil service, Golez said.

FEB. 1, 2012 DATE

NR # 2666B
REF. NO.

Aside from Golez and Bagatsing, other co-authors of House Bill 5624 are Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara (Lone District, Aurora), Maximo Rodriguez, Jr. (Party-List, Abante Mindanao), Rene Relampagos (1st District, Bohol), Andres Salvacion (3rd District, Leyte), Victor Yu (1st District, Zamboanga Del Sur), Aurelio Gonzales (3rd District, Pampanga), Savador Escudero III (1st District, Sorsogon), Antonio Tinio (Party-List, ACT Teachers), Angelo Palmones (Party-List, AGHAM), Daryl Grace Abayon (Party-List, AANGAT TAYO), Carlos Padilla (Lone District, Nueva Vizcaya), Erico Aumentado (2nd District Bohol), Augusto Syjuco (2nd District, Iloilo), Eduardo Gullas (1st District, Cebu), Rafael Mariano (Party-List, Anakpawis), Rodel Batocabe (Party-List, AKO-BICOL), Salvador Cabaluna (Party-List 1 CARE), Christopher Co (AKO-BICOL), Alfredo Garbin (AKO BICOL), and Amelita Calimbas-Villarosa (Lone District, Occidental Mindoro).(30) sb