Despite earnest efforts of the government to weed out “ghost employees” in its various agencies, it seems that authorities could not find immediate solution to this nagging problem, an election lawyer said on Tuesday.

In one case, according to Romulo Macalintal, a judge was found collecting the salaries of his court personnel through a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) where he was not only authorized to collect treasury warrants but to endorse and negotiate them as well.

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