The hiring of 326 city hall personnel by former Makati City Mayor Romulo Peña Jr. has been revoked by the Civil Service Commission, saying their appointments violated provisions of the election ban.
The city’s Human Resource Development Office reported that from July to November, it has received the voided appointments in batches from the Makati Field Office of the CSC.
These included 114 promotions, 175 regularization, 29 casual appointments, one reemployment and one original appointment.
The CSC said the appointments violated the ban imposed on outgoing elective and appointive officials from issuing appointments after the May elections until June 30.
Nullified appointments included those of personnel from the city’s Accounting Department, Budget Department, City Administrator’s Office, Civil Registration Office, Education Department, Economic Enterprise Management Office, Finance Department, General Services Department, and Internal Management Control Office.
The rest came from the International Relations Department, Law Department, Makati Action Center, Makati Health Department, Office of the City Building Official, Office of the Mayor, Office of the Vice Mayor, Ospital ng Makati, Makati Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, University of Makati, and various offices of the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
To qualify for an exemption to the ban, the appointee of an elective official must meet the minimum qualifications as required under the CSC Qualification Standards Manual or special law, if any, for the position to which he/she was appointed.
He or she must have undergone the Personnel Selection Board screening prior to the election ban. In this case, the appointing authority or agency shall submit the minutes of the PSB meetings and an evaluation report of the applicants.
Third, there should be an urgent need for the issuance of the appointment/s so as not to prejudice the public or endanger public safety.
Fourth, Civil Service Law, rules and regulations and special laws, if any, on the issuance of appointments should be followed.