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Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Overhaul causes confusion at city civil registry
By Aurea A. Gerundio
DAVAO CITY -- Confusion marked the first workday at the local civil registrar in Davao City after Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered its revamp and the replacement with new personnel of all the existing staff.
The existing employees of the office, who were the subject of the mayor's August 1 revamp order, refused to work and attend to the people who arrived at the office Monday to do business.
"Ang memorandum man gud kay effective today ang nakasulat (The memorandum was effective August 1 and today is August 1)," one plantilla personnel told Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) Chief Marcelino P. Esacalada Jr. when asked why they were not doing any work.
Escalada, however, insisted that employees affected by the revamp have to continue their functions until their replacements formally take over.
People who visited the local civil registrar's office Monday complained that personnel refused to accept their applications for individual registration.
Leonila Tee, 40, of Tugbok district, said she had to scrounge for money just to be able to go to the civil registry to submit documents for registration only to be told that the office was not accepting applications.
"I arrived here only to be told that they are not accepting applications for registration as they are merely attending to document releases because they are very busy. That means I just wasted my money for fare in coming here," Tee said.
Over at the City Council, a councilor challenged Vice Mayor Luis C. Bonguyan to take up Duterte's challenge and clean the council of corruption as the mayor did with two City Hall offices.
Councilor Bonifacio E. Militar said: "Nakakahiya. The leadership should initiate kung naapektuhan siya sa statement ni Mayor (It's embarrassing. The vice mayor should initiate changes in accordance with the mayor's statement)."
Militar said he would not discount the possibility of a revamp at the City Council.
In his radio program "Ato 'ni Bay" on Sunday, Duterte called on the council to do its part, pointing out that he was overhauling two City Hall offices reported to be the most corrupt in a move he dubbed "Friday massacre". The mayor issued the order for the revamp on Friday last week, but made it effective Tuesday.
If there will still be no actions taken despite the mayor's call, then Militar said a group of independent-minded people in the council should initiate the changes.
"We have to be concerned with the integrity of the institution," Militar said. (Sun.Star Davao/Sunnex)
(August 2, 2005 issue)
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