Published May 10, 2021, 5:56 PM
Public Attorney’s Office
The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) expressed apprehension over the possible dismissal of over 4,000 government executives due to a recent Supreme Court’s (SC) division ruling that affirmed the directive of the Career Executive Service Board (CESB).
In an online press conference on Monday, May 10, PAO Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta vowed to appeal the SC’s ruling against dismissed Dangerous Drugs Board (DBB) Deputy Executive Director Maria Belen Angelita V. Matibag.
Acosta said Matibag was removed from DBB in 2011 based on the 2010 memorandum circular of then President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III who ordered the removal of non-Career Executive Service Officials (CESOs) occupying Career Executive Service (CES) positions.