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By Jonathan M. Hicap, Reporter
A high-ranking official of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) warned that a planned move by commissioners
to reshuffle CHED directors is illegal, saying this violates career
executive rules.
Julito Vitriolo, CHED deputy executive director,
said the revamp, allegedly being ini-tiated by three high-ranking
CHED officials is “untimely” and “arbitrary.”
He appealed that any revamp should be put on
hold until a permanent chairman who will replace Romulo Neri is
appointed by President Gloria Arroyo.
He said a closer scrutiny of the current move to
reassign CHED directors reveals that it is contrary to the spirit
and letter of Presidential Decree No. 1 and the Career Executive
Service Board Resolution on the reassignments of career
executive service officers.
One of the conditions in the resolution is that
the transfer will be implemented “in the exigency of the
service.”
“We note that the reassignment being proposed
does not address any exigency of service, which refers to a
situation where service is urgently needed and where delay in its
execution and delivery will adversely affect the outcome of the
service to clients and its effective and efficient delivery,” he
said in a manifesto obtained by the Manila Times.
Vitriolo said there is utter lack of
justification for reassignment to the new posts, giving rise to the
idea that it will be made “in bad faith” and that “it is whimsical
and oppressive as most of the affected officials will suffer
tremendously in terms of geographical and economic dislocation,
and emotional and psychological stress.”
Opposition to reshuffle
Vitriolo said majority of CHED directors in the
central and regional offices are opposing the reshuffle. The
implementation of a revamp must be approved by the CHED board in an
en banc session.
Vitriolo said the affected directors are
convinced that “there is lack of transparency and objectivity in
the evaluation and determination of new assignments. The following
has not been taken into account: proven track record, outstanding
performance and high acceptability as major considerations in
handling key regions.”
Vitriolo is one of the pioneering officials in
the CHED who helped organize the commission in 1994.
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