A bureaucratic drag

THE bureaucracy is said to be the institutional memory of any government. That is why transition work is serious work. Skipping it is the height of arrogance and sends a negative signal to the bureaucrats. Without transition, there is no smooth change in norm, behavior and work culture.

This was the problem with the Aquino administration when it assumed the reigns of government. It didn’t want to do transition work with the outgoing Arroyo administration. Worst, it alienated the bureaucrats (mostly with CESOs) by lumping all those promoted or taking oath as mere beneficiaries of midnight appointments which BSA3 wanted set aside via one of his first two executive orders.