Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Overhaul at City Hall 'just a start'
By Aurea A. Gerundio
THE overhaul at the permits and licenses division of the Local Civil Registrar's Office and the business bureau is "just a start" and more offices and employees may suffer the same fate once proven that corruption prevails in their turf, City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado said.
Effective Monday, 70 plantilla personnel and 62 contractual employees under the two offices were relieved and transferred to other offices upon the order of Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte.
"If it will take us forever to be replacing employees at the City Hall, then we will do it," Avisado said.
Avisado, however, refused to name the other offices lined up for a revamp.
Avisado said Mayor Duterte, who has been observing and monitoring the activities and operations of the two offices, expressed disappointment with the way things were happening and how the business sector has showed its dissatisfaction over the increasing rate of corruption involved in securing local permits and licenses.
"While the mayor has taken note of the fact the Davao City also ranked number one in the SWS (Social Weather Station) survey on the question of sincerity in curbing graft and corruption, he was firm and resolute in making heads roll to prove to all, particularly the business sector, that he does not countenance such irregularities," Avisado said.
He said that what the mayor did was within civil service rules as plantilla and contractual employees affected will only be transferred to other assignments and not dismissed.
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