Philippines: Courtesy resignations being evaluated carefully, says Ermita
MANILA — A total of 301 officials, mostly from government-owned and controlled corporations and financial institutions, have tendered their courtesy resignations to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in time for the June 30 deadline set by Malaca�ang.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita reported in his weekly press briefing this afternoon that the list includes 260 officials from 77 GOCCs, 13 from six attached agencies of the Office of the President (OP) and 20 from other government offices.
“All these resignations papers are already with the Malacanang’s search committee,” Ermita said, adding that those with tenures of office would be given ample consideration.
He said that among those who filed their resignations were officials from the sequestered firms of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), including Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Corporation board member-director Julita Manahan; commodore Feliciano Salonga; NBN 4 officials Rolando Reyes, Joey Isabelo, Edward King, Jose Benedicto, Fr. Roderick Salazar; RPN 9 officials Catalino Flores Jr. and several others.
Ermita said PCGG officials have yet to file their courtesy resignations because they are still consolidating the list of those under the PCGG supervision.
He pointed out that the evaluation of these officials will continue and proper recommendations will be submitted to the President.
“From this, the President will have a basis who among them should be retained, who should be terminated and who should be renewed,” he said.
The search committee, he added, is conscious that there are officials who have fixed terms and there are people who are on holdover capacities.
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