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Thursday, June 22, 2006
Seares: Back off, PB
By Pachico A. Seares
News Sense
Who can do away with recommendations for positions in government?
No one. Influence brokering is part of the power apparatus.
Cebu Vice Gov. Greg Sanchez and Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz want politicos not to meddle with appointments. They'd rather have the Provincial Board steer away from the scramble for district customs collector.
It's public and collective meddling they wish shunned. When endorsement is official, with PB prestige stamped on it, it isn't just personal and political---public interest comes in.
PB can't protect public interest without screening all aspirants. The customs job, like honey to the bee, attracts a swarm.
Besides, PB is not a commission on appointments. It doesn't and can't check claims of skill or honesty.
It recommends as personal or political favor, as PB almost did when the Purita Parohinog issue blew up on its face.
Ego thing
I don't think Greg or Nerissa meant that a Board member can't send a letter, write a marginal note, or text, phone, or whisper for a job applicant.
Recommending someone to government is a perk, a tool, an ego thing. What politico cannot recommend or make the motion of recommending?
George Washington, then a general, hating to recommend but wishing not to offend, wrote that his friend "does not need a recommendation from Geo. Washington."
I'm sure local politicos still use some signal or code to tip the appointing power.
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