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Executive agencies to drop salutations

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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all government agencies under the Executive to drop the salutations “His Excellency” and “Honorable” when referring to him in official government correspondences.

“The President shall be addressed in all official communications, events or materials as ‘President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’ only, and without the term ‘His Excellency,’” Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said in a memo he issued on July 15.

“All members of the Cabinet shall be addressed in all official communications submitted to the Office of the President as ‘Secretary’ only and without the term ‘Honorable.’”

But the memo says all government agencies and offices, on their discretion, may use the term “Honorable” in addressing their respective heads in their internal communications and documents.

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Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said the President wanted to simplify the manner he was being addressed.

“In keeping with his populist Presidential style, he encourages less ceremonial communications,” Abella told reporters in a text message. 

Duterte, who won by a landslide in this year’s elections, has called for greater accountability from all government workers, more efficient services to the public and less red tape.

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